Lower P11 the Flight Engineer’s lower panel is wired up, tested and ready to be installed. About 15 hours work involved. All indicators are already converted and tested. Upper P11 is next followed by the overhead panel. Drawing 1,5A @28V. Now lights of the fragile light plate need to be fixed requiring some more attention […]
Category Archives: Project news
News on the N88ZL cockpit project
04
Nov
Nov
Special guest: My father came over for a 48hrs visit and we had a look at his old workhorse D-ABOD. This was the first time since November 15th 1975 when he flew PHL-BOS-FRA!! He wasn’t very emotional about it and has lots of bad memories flying the 707 with former WW2 pilots and their ‘CRM’ […]
17
Apr
Apr
YouTube Restoration Video update
09
Jan
Jan
Corrosion removal The darkest and coldest time of the year make me focus now on getting work done inside the cockpit such as corrosion treatment and removing the rudder pedal heels. Found a match and cigarette pack wrapping which have been hidden for 50 years or even more. When D-ABOD got retired it only had […]
Mindblowing JT3D/TF33 recordings from powerun on E3A I received the engine sound recordings from a JT3D/TF33 power run: MIND BLOWING 🙂 various power settings from IDLE to up to 97% with synchronized engines all in excellent quality recorded inside the cabin behind the cockpit (hence no background noises). This will allow me to create a […]