Lockheed C-60 in detail
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Donivanp
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Donivanp
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Only the pilots side has circuit breakers behind the seat. I added some arrows to show which way your looking and some notifications as to what your looking at. If anyone wishes the originals just ask and I will supply them unedited.
A4K
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Bloody awesome photos Don. Thanks again for those mate 
Interesting that the pilot seat is to starboard. In New Zealand, our Hudsons, RB-34 Lexingtons, and PV-1 Venturas had a single- pilot cockpit configuration, with the pilot sitting to port.
(I'm just trying to find out if our C-60s and PV-2s had single or dual cockpit configuration.)
Interesting that the pilot seat is to starboard. In New Zealand, our Hudsons, RB-34 Lexingtons, and PV-1 Venturas had a single- pilot cockpit configuration, with the pilot sitting to port.
(I'm just trying to find out if our C-60s and PV-2s had single or dual cockpit configuration.)
cvairwerks
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I think Don's photo is reversed. Look at the labels on the breaker panel.......
A4K
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Great spotting mate - you're right! Cheers for the clear up.
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Donivanp
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They are reversed may I get my navy mixed up. Pilot left copilot rt
cvairwerks
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I think that somehow the system simply reveresed the photos themselves, as in mirror imaged them. A quick look as you were posting might not give one time to recognize that it happened. Is all good no matter what.
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Donivanp
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No, I took the photo of each seat from a selfie reversing the camera backwards as there simply wasn't that much room, good lord if I thought that it would have generated this much of an issue!
cvairwerks
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Is no sweat. No issues at all!
Got to do whatever makes things happen sometimes. I've had the issue of the system mirroring photos or drawings before and done so in a way that it was a nightmare to get them to come out correct.Thanks- good photos.
I assume the small compartment by the wings leading edge, and the two beneath the wings, are for cargo?
And does this one fly, or will it in the future?
Pima has the fuselage of the "Lady Lodestar" on display inside and have recently acquired another complete aircraft- but they don't fly their collection. Would be nice to see one in the air.
I assume the small compartment by the wings leading edge, and the two beneath the wings, are for cargo?
And does this one fly, or will it in the future?
Pima has the fuselage of the "Lady Lodestar" on display inside and have recently acquired another complete aircraft- but they don't fly their collection. Would be nice to see one in the air.
A4K
Brigadier General
Yeah, I would assume the nose baggage area would be for smaller freight (mail, etc). She didn't have the big cargo doors of the C-47 either, so you wouldn't get anything larger than big boxes or crates through the side door either. Great for VIP transport and paratroopers though, as Don's one is fitted out.
A4K
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Double-checking my own surmise above, and according to the net, those are indeed all baggage compartments (some albeit cramped!).
Apparently Lockheed designed her that way so all baggage could be stored below floor level in seperate nose, belly, and tail bays, accessible only from the outside by the sealed hatches you see in Don's photos. This enabled crews to better control the weight distribution, and leave more cabin space for passengers or paratroopers. (In the latter case, cabin bay storage nets were also fitted for personal equipment, also as you see in Don's pics).
The lower storage areas became the bomb bay in the later RB-34s and PV-1s, the nose the bombadier's station (and later ASD-1 radar position with new nose housing, when the Navy took over PV-1 admistration.)
Apparently Lockheed designed her that way so all baggage could be stored below floor level in seperate nose, belly, and tail bays, accessible only from the outside by the sealed hatches you see in Don's photos. This enabled crews to better control the weight distribution, and leave more cabin space for passengers or paratroopers. (In the latter case, cabin bay storage nets were also fitted for personal equipment, also as you see in Don's pics).
The lower storage areas became the bomb bay in the later RB-34s and PV-1s, the nose the bombadier's station (and later ASD-1 radar position with new nose housing, when the Navy took over PV-1 admistration.)
Good shots!
