Greg W Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 (edited) Years ago, a good friend of mine who was a airframe and power plant mechanic, gave me some instrument panel sections when he was cleaning out his hanger. I've just pulled them out of a box while unpacking after a move. Do any of you know what kind of aircraft they belong to? It's been such a long time, I don't remember what aircraft he said they came out of. Just have the two pieces shown in the first photo. I have included pictures showing the front and back of each. Thanks in advance for any information identifying the panels, Greg Edited September 3, 2020 by GDW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 They do not look familiar to me, but i assume these two panels are from ONE aircraft cockpit interior, and looking at the second presentation it's indicating a max mach number being 0.8, and rather large speed limits for three different flap settings up to 100% saying it might be a twin seater jet, i'd say it's from a Intruder????? Just my WAG....... Greg W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted September 3, 2020 Author Share Posted September 3, 2020 Yeah, not much to go on here if you're not familiar with the type. I have been wondering if there is a missing center panel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 As i said: WAG...........good luck finding out............................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 I'm rather thinking this is coming from a jet trainer as both panels look close to perfectly symmetrical. Greg W and Derek B 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 (edited) Hi greg, My initial thoughts were that it looked very simplified for an aircraft with .8 Mach capability as its VNE. After a bit of sleuthing around, the nearest match I could find for it is a C-11B (F-80A/T-33 Shooting Star) link jet trainer cockpit panel, probably from the late 40's, early 50's. http://aviation.watergeek.eu/t33-panel.html Derek Edited September 5, 2020 by Derek B thierry laurent, LSP_K2, Lothar and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Good detective work Derek! Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted September 4, 2020 Author Share Posted September 4, 2020 (edited) Thank you Derek! Great job sleuthing it out and it didn't take long at all. After I read your post, I found pictures of a T-33 front panel online with the same lay out, including Dymo tape call sign numbers. The call sign on my panel is 0231, with that maybe I can track down pictures of the plane it came out of. Edited September 4, 2020 by GDW Derek B and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted September 4, 2020 Author Share Posted September 4, 2020 12 hours ago, thierry laurent said: I'm rather thinking this is coming from a jet trainer as both panels look close to perfectly symmetrical. You were right! Now I want to build a 1/32 T-33 to go with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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