2021年06月20日
Spruce Goose 1/2
Next to my gallery, there have been a huge flying boat parked, the Spruce Goose by Howard Hughes, that was in the movie The Aviator. It is so huge that the width covers almost half of the SIM.
I measured it and fount the width of about 100m, the length of 67m. that are the same as the real one. It is not the world largest plane but larger than the 747 jumbo jet and has the world tallest height.
The cockpit was made as simple as that of Cessna. The seat is just a simple cube.
The captain seat of the real one. The eight throttle levers at the center are cool. There are too many switches and levers on the center console, that could be designed to be operated by Mr. Hughes himself.
The flight engineer seat, with a simple box seat. The instruments are only for monitoring engine operation.
Actual flight engineering seat. Also, the main instruments are for engine and fuel. It seems that there is not enough instrument for navigation, so it might not be planned to fly a long distance.
Lookdown view of 747 cockpit with my Microsoft Flight Simulator (of course on my PC monitor). In addition to these switches, there are more on the overhead console, all of them will work actually. I was not able to even take off following the standard procedure.
I have noticed this plane for a long time but never thought this is flyable. The owner Kazumi said it is possible, so next time I will report the result of flying it.
I measured it and fount the width of about 100m, the length of 67m. that are the same as the real one. It is not the world largest plane but larger than the 747 jumbo jet and has the world tallest height.
The cockpit was made as simple as that of Cessna. The seat is just a simple cube.
The captain seat of the real one. The eight throttle levers at the center are cool. There are too many switches and levers on the center console, that could be designed to be operated by Mr. Hughes himself.
The flight engineer seat, with a simple box seat. The instruments are only for monitoring engine operation.
Actual flight engineering seat. Also, the main instruments are for engine and fuel. It seems that there is not enough instrument for navigation, so it might not be planned to fly a long distance.
Lookdown view of 747 cockpit with my Microsoft Flight Simulator (of course on my PC monitor). In addition to these switches, there are more on the overhead console, all of them will work actually. I was not able to even take off following the standard procedure.
I have noticed this plane for a long time but never thought this is flyable. The owner Kazumi said it is possible, so next time I will report the result of flying it.
Posted by Temi Oyen at 18:05│Comments(0)