Concorde cockpit in a museum (lemmy.world)

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[-] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Pilot: Mate I sure love these supersonic transatlantic flights, getting paid for two legs in one day, and I'm we're the fastest commercial pilots in the sky right now. This is a sweet job.

Copilot: Sure is captain, sure is... Hey flight, how are you doing back there?

Flight Engineer: All g-good mate (frantically checking guages and screaming internally in engineer)

[-] Cptn_Slow@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

From what I've been told, the Concorde went more junior than one would think. Instead of a leisurely ~6 hour flight, followed by a layover in London or Paris, you were ripping there and back in a day for half the pay.

Still would be an awesome type rating to have though.

[-] mkhopper@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Hey, what does that little switch do?

This one?

No, no. The other one.

This one?

No. Up. Up. Look, see where your hand is? Not there. Yes! That one right there! What does it do?

No idea.

[-] darthsundhaft@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago

[-] killea@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I was so worried that seat was fixed and you had to have your face jammed up against all the gauges and switches, just arching your back as much as possible, but there looks to be a track in the floor, phew!

[-] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I believe this is "stowed position". Pilots go to the front, then the engineers that watch all those dials and move the fiddly bits pull the seat back and strap in.

Reverse procedure to relive pilot bladder.

[-] kamenlady@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

You leave your legs outside the cockpit. Everyone knows that, you silly.

[-] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Navigator Magoo, reporting.

[-] altphoto@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago

Ehhh captain?

Yes navigator!

Many of these gauges are not measuring anything.

Sometimes it happens when they're frozen.

Yes, I did what the manual said and I kicked them hard. Now theyre gone and I can see thru the invisible firewall.

There's no inv......silence.

[-] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

Serious reply - this was the development plane, so was jamb-packed full of extra info which wasn't present on the final version.

IIRC it's at Duxford Air Museum, in the UK. Fun fact, I once went there dressed as Tank Girl with my then-girlfriend as Jet Girl. Expected to be asked to leave, but actually had positive feedback from quite a few people :-)