 Here is
a good view of the 3-way exterior screen setup, used for displaying
scenery. Each image is projected using an LCD projector. The
front and pilot's side views are rear-projection, but space constraints
force us to front-project the co-pilot view. |
 All of
the exterior windows have been replaced with 1/4-inch Plexiglas. The
small "eyebrow" windows and ones farthest to either side were replaced
with smoke-colored Plexiglas rather than clear. |
 After
9/11, all airlines needed to replace their cockpit doors with a stronger,
more secure version. Another good EBay find allowed us to fit this
pre-9/11 door without major modifications. |
 Here's
a shot of the interior of the new cockpit door. |
 The
lighting work on the flight engineer's panel is complete. This whole
panel is non-functional, we've dressed it up only for "eye candy"
purposes. |
 A
close-up shot of some of the new annunciator lighting and such. |
 In
digging around through the sim documentation, we ran across some flight
engineer checklists. These will soon be placed underneath the new
Plexiglas cover on the small work surface. |
Here's a shot of one of the original cockpit seats. As you can tell,
it's pretty skanky, and finding a replacement will be challenging. |
 Our
cockpit seating solution was a concession to comfort at the expense of
realism: we simply removed the seat and back portion of our desk chairs we
were using temporarily, and fastened them to the original seat mechanism.
Not OEM, but workable and comfy! |
 Here's
a close-up of the seat mounting. |
 These
are 2 new additions! Check out the new PFC flight yoke and rudder
pedals. Sa-weet! |
 A
close-up of the new rudder pedals. |
 We
found it cheaper to buy a small home-theater receiver and speaker set,
rather than a set of computer speakers. Unbelievable! |
 To
close, here's a detail shot of the great job Donald did with the new
flooring, and the metal step guard. Awesome job. |
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