Great news. With help from my brother I was able to acquire the cockpit of D-ABOD Lufthansa 707 built in 1960! This is the very last Lufthansa cockpit in original configuration, and one of the oldest in existence. With all parts and panels I have from D-ABUD and UF (N88ZL) I will be able to […]
17
Oct
Oct
I am looking for help to move both these historic cockpits to their new home in Sweden. The impact of the crisis has been tremendous and forced me to completely readapt my life and relocate to Sweden. I ran the Caravelle Simulator from 2016 to 2020, after 4 years and 5000 hours of restoration. I […]
03
Aug
Aug
Progress has been slow recently due to my relocation to Sweden, but I was able to complete the fuel levers and fix some light plates. Cleaning the throttle levers with an electric brush proved to work nicely. The potentiometers for the fuel levers have been connected to a D-SUB connector for easy removal of the […]
09
Dec
Dec
Boeing 707-373C , MSN 19179 / 500, Engines JT3D-3B, Built in 1966 Delivered to World Airways it ended up in Istanbul (SAW) and was scrapped in 2019. It is now available for sale. Asking 18000 USD (negotiable). Located in Istanbul and price is without transportation. I can help to arrange transportation which should be 7000-12000 […]
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Nov
Nov
Meter Altimeter finished. Initially I tried a 1/10 geared stepper motor but that turned out to be too slow for any kind of quick descents. So I had to split the needles in two using one stepper motor per needle. Works perfectly. The QNH is set in the gauge itself not via a potentiometer. The […]