Fantastic find in Belgium! A HUGE number of cockpit parts of Lufthansa’s D-ABUD my father flew with Lufthansa in the 70s. Many thanks for Guy van Herbruggen for this wonderful donation. Most of the parts will be cleaned only and left as is. Note the stickers are original LH. All pilot and F/E panels come […]
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Aug
Aug
Today I took delivery of the Boeing 707 cockpit I have been dreaming of for many many years. This former Saudi Arabian Airlines 707 (HZ-ACI) will become Lufthansa’s B707 D-ABUD/UF (N88ZL) with all panels, most gauges and other parts coming from these two aircraft. My father did his entire 707 training on D-ABUD making it […]
10
Aug
Aug
After a long search I was able to locate 3 original Lufthansa Bendix Radio Magnetic Indicators used on Boeing 707s! Still missing one but will definitely find that one too.
27
May
May
Vertical Speed Indicator – plain an simple. Original drums and gears removed and replaced with a NEMA stepper motor and a IR sensor for initialization. NEMA is running at 1/16 steps for super smooth and quick needle movements. Stay tuned for upcoming videos of the gauge conversion.
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Apr
Apr
Kollsman Airspeed Indicator This Airspeed indicator actually came from a B727-100 but since they are identical to the ones installed on Lufthansa 707s I chose this one and painted the 410 kts and 420 kts marker black. Both needles are working on this gauge. While the airspeed indicator is simply connected to X-Plane’s IAS data […]