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This page last updated on 29th February 2004

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PILOT - FAW.1

  1. Canopy front section and cockpit coaming of an FAW.1; XJ476 nose section at the Southampton Hall of Aviation.
  2. View of XJ476's instrument panel. Several missing instruments - and a notice letting any further thieves know what will happen to them!

PILOT - FAW.2

  1. Left side of the cockpit of FAW.2 XJ579 at Midland Air Museum (all these shots except the last are of XJ579). Throttles at right, seat at bottom left.
  2. Instrument panel. Some missing instruments. Rudder pedals visible at the bottom, either side of the joystick.
  3. Looking down into the cockpit to the right. The large black panel to the top right is a rubber pad just above the gap through which the observer's cockpit can be seen (though the gap itself is not visible here).
  4. Right side of the cockpit. To the bottom right you can just about make out the gap into the observer's cockpit. Above the cockpit sill you can see the bulge above the observer's cockpit; the white raised bit is the handle to open the observer's hatch, and when locked doesn't stick out like that.
  5. Looking down to the right, past the pilot's seat into the observer's cockpit. You can see the observer's seat with its yellow and black ejection handle, and the prominent bundle of white wiring along the right side of the observer's cockpit.
  6. Top of seat and various bits and bobs behind it.

OBSERVER

  1. FAW.2 XJ575 at Wellesbourne Wartime Museum. Observer's hatch open, we're looking towards the rear of the aircraft (if it was there, but it isn't as this is only a nose section!). Ejector seat removed for restoration.
  2. XJ575 again, looking at the observer's cockpit from starboard (pilot's canopy at top of picture).
  3. XJ575 once more, looking forward to where the observer's main panel would be. It isn't here though, taken out for restoration! However this shot (or at least the full size version of it) does give you a good idea of the layout of the observer's cockpit.
  4. In XJ579, looking into the observer's cockpit from the pilot's cockpit. Observer's seat is in right edge of picture. The dirty grey area on the left is the observer's window; you can just about see the edge of the hatch at the top of the picture.

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