Hi guys,
Blimey, that was a nice welcome back!!
It's good to see so many familiar faces still around!
Paramania,
Unfortunately, my career has taken a different path nowadays, so I'm not really hands on any more and spend my days 'engineering' figures instead
Obviously I still have a great affinity for the jet though and would always give whatever help I could.
Jane!!
Thank you, that's a lovely thing to say.
Clifford, Steve,
Thanks guys, that means a lot.
So, with regard to the cockpit instruments, yes, as far as I recall it was frequently mentioned in Q&As around the time of the restoration that the original cockpit panels and instruments would be retained and refitted "after it's flying life", however, as Mayfly has said I think this was mentioned when the idea was that it would be housed in a museum as a static piece. Time marches on though and plans change, so while physically possible to refit the panels and instruments, they would not be functional without a second extensive rewire to retrofit the old kit, as the cockpit was extensively stripped and rewired for the modern instrument fit.
Leave it as it is! It looks quite funky!
Cheers,
Flipflopman
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