Recent content by shazzam

I think I might need a psychic reading to figure this one out.... I have loooked at all kinds of trainers and fighters... no luck...

Hi Guys, Trying to narrow this down... Can I assume it is a fighter since it has "gunsight" as a control? I have scoured some pages looking at Corsair pics (no luck finding a match) and Wildcats (no luck either)... Any other ideas what I could look at? Would a "trainer" have a gunsight...

This is where I learned about the gunsight switch on the left side... Same site, has unique pics of left and right cockpit controls in detail.... Chance Vought F4U-1 Corsair Blueprints

In the second set of photos, the dial has dashes and numbers from 0-100. No other markings. The smaller piece just says "alcoa 25419-4290". I looked at that corsair layout (fantastic reference), but it looks like the gunsite is on the left side, and other items are on the right...

Okay, I will spend some time tomorrow looking for cockpit photos/switch layouts for Corsairs. Hopefully I will find one with the same panel. Is there any sort of "standardized location" (left/right side) where these switches/indicators would have been? Any clues from the second set of photos?

Great info - so the anchor indicates Navy/Marines. I didn't even realize it was an anchor! I thought the big piece was most important, but I see the #'s are key. Apparently there are no #'s on back of large piece. However, here are some other small pieces that do (this is all there is)...

Okay, here are some pics: http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee74/mich_427_cobra/wreck001.jpg http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee74/mich_427_cobra/wreck002.jpg http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee74/mich_427_cobra/wreck003.jpg...

Sure thing.. should have done that first.:oops: I can post a picture in the next day or two... There is another piece he has... it says "Bendix" and has a # on it. Stay tuned... and thanks for the quick replies!

Okay, just found this site. Pretty interesting and a great resource. I have a mystery that I could use some help solving. My uncle has a panel from an wrecked airplane, it is aluminum with zinc chromate paint, and has the following holes (not sure if they held switches or indicator lamps)...