The red bar is the yoke lock. Here's an image of the cockpit of PBY-5A. 4259, which won Grand Champion this past year at Oshkosh. I was fortunate to be part of the restoration team.
It certainly is "Miss Pickup", based at Duxford, UK. In the first image, the "Air Space" hangar can be seen in the background.
Here's one of my pics oh her, displaying at Old Buckenham in 2022.