Virtual A-10A cockpit

[8zeros]

Gives me butterflies in my stomach just looking at this:
http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/med...20Cockpit.html

Cool site. They have a lot more.

[CRIMPS]

Thanks for sharing. That's pretty neat.

Man, that looks really uncomfortable.

[8zeros]

Originally Posted by CRIMPS

Thanks for sharing. That's pretty neat.

Man, that looks really uncomfortable.

I noticed that from a few of the cockpit tours I looked at.

[CRIMPS]

I looked, but didn't see, for the TTAF (Total Time AirFrame). I think that would be interesting to see.

[OLS]

Green scope in the upper left was one of mine. In a bird WAY older than this, lol. Radar Warning Receiver.
If you saw a number in a circle, someone had eyes on you.
If the circle got enclosed in a diamond they were tracking you.
Lord help you if they both started to FLASH.

As a side note, "looks kinda uncomfortable" is sort of right. But I have never
sat in a fighter that was comfortable. The A-10 is surprisingly spacious.
But the seats have power tilt and up and down, so you could tolerate it for
reasonably long periods. The cushion is almost 4 inches thick and pretty dense
foam. But that only covers your butt. The rest is very uncomfortable. The
corners cut to make it fully ejectable are many.

Now that I look at it, on the right wing is another one of my old devices. The
one with the black nose radome. IT LOOKS to be an AN-ALQ-119 radar jamming pod.
COULD be a later model, but I am pretty sure it is a 119. The 131 that came next was
more boxy.

[Sweet_Leaf_PDX]

that is a very cool site! Thanks for sharing

[OLS]

In case anyone wants to explore more, I poked around and reverse-engineered the directory and found these

F-86 Super Sabre
http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/med...20Cockpit.html

Some of the panels in the electronic warfare officers seat in this B-52 virtual seat
have black covers on them...all this gear is highly classified.
http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/med...20Station.html

B-52 Pilot
http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/med...20Station.html

B-52 Tail gunner station
http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/med...%20Gunner.html

P-47
http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/med...20Cockpit.html

SPAD XIII
http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/med...20Cockpit.html

F-111
http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/med...20Cockpit.html

and now to MY BABY, the one I sat in every day at work, the F4.....C model, I worked E's, but ehh....
Front
http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/med...20Cockpit.html
Rear
http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/med...20Cockpit.html

SR-71 Front
http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/med...20Cockpit.html
Rear
http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/med...20Cockpit.html

F-15
http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/med...20Cockpit.html
Rear

F-4 WIld Weasel radar/missle hunter cockpits
Front
http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/med...20Cockpit.html
Rear
http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/med...20Cockpit.html

CCT, I imagine this is the space shuttle?
http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/med...ot%20View.html

F-117A Stealth Bomber
http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/med...20Cockpit.html

F-16A
http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/med...20Cockpit.html

[OLS]

OOPS, copy and paste error....HERE is the F-15
http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/med...20Cockpit.html

[hammondc]

awesome. I'll show this to my dad and he will disappear for 3-4 days.

[8zeros]

Good work Brad. I dug around in the site a little but had no time to do what you did.
I think I figured the F16 out enough to take off in one. I suppose I could use the ejector seat if I didn't think I could land it. I'm ready to give it a try.

[hotreds]

That's the Air Force museum in Dayton, Ohio that has such a nifty site! Incredible that the idiots in charge want to do away with the A-10!

[BHalbrooks]

WHOA
The gun they built a plane around...


In complete agreement, Hugh.

[OLS]

The A-10 will be in service when I am dead and gone, I have EVERY confidence.
There is nothing more the pentagon likes to do than rattle people's chains about this program or that.
They claim to be advocates, ultimately, for their fighting men. There is not a single person that puts on the
uniform outside that building that wants to see the A-10 go away. This is more BS related to procurement,
but after seeing the F-35 go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on without ever seeing the first one
in service, I don't think the Pentagon could find it's a55 with either hand. Not sure I would ever believe another
thing they have to say, them or their cuddle buddies in the defense contractor biz.

[shilala]

That site is freakin incredible. It's gonna be a time-sucker.

[shark]

I looked at the Memorial Park area, and found my way to the MOH awardees section. Just reading the citations gives me a new sense of respect for pilots.