Cockpit. Some jet in Norway.

Nice of the captin to let me shoot it,

-- jim

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What does this button do?

Nice pic

i remember when i was a child the flight attendent would be nice and let me see the cockpit, talk to the captains, and even let sit in that seat back in the early 90s (promised them i wont touch any buttons as a 5 year old, but i sure was amazed).

now, as an adult, i would love to take a fish eye and take a pic of a cockpit, but if i asked that to a flight attendant, id probably get shot by an undercover cop LOL.

awesome pic btw. what does the color version look like?

Nidz wrote in post #2497593
What does this button do?

Nice pic

We had one of our C-130H models at a static display airshow one year. A little boy was sitting in the pilot's seat and reached up and pushed the fire-bottle discharge button which is always "hot", even when there is no electrical power turned on. Needless to say, one, or both bottles discharged and had to be replaced before the aircraft could return home His mother, and the plane maintainers were pissed. Thereafter the aircraft batteries were disconnected in all similar circumstances.

Nice picture BTW.

Coco-Puffs wrote in post #2497768
i remember when i was a child the flight attendent would be nice and let me see the cockpit, talk to the captains, and even let sit in that seat back in the early 90s (promised them i wont touch any buttons as a 5 year old, but i sure was amazed).

now, as an adult, i would love to take a fish eye and take a pic of a cockpit, but if i asked that to a flight attendant, id probably get shot by an undercover cop LOL.

awesome pic btw. what does the color version look like?

Did you get your junior pilot wings from the aircrew? I too remember those days.

Nice shot.
Looks like an older 737

It's a 737-300. The "classic" 737 -- before the next gen 600(+)

JimHejl wrote in post #2495767
Nice of the captin to let me shoot it,

-- jim

'Don't press that button'

Don't what?

'Press that button

'OK'

BobOh wrote in post #2498768
We had one of our C-130H models at a static display airshow one year. A little boy was sitting in the pilot's seat and reached up and pushed the fire-bottle discharge button which is always "hot", even when there is no electrical power turned on. Needless to say, one, or both bottles discharged and had to be replaced before the aircraft could return home His mother, and the plane maintainers were pissed. Thereafter the aircraft batteries were disconnected in all similar circumstances.

Nice picture BTW.

I can't imaging ANY aircrew or crew chief allowing a C-130 to be a static display without disconnecting the battery. It is a requirement. Could it have been an "after the show" tour? Frequently when we are on the road, we will have visitors (usually someone's family) come visit us on the ramp, and we wouldn't disconnect the battery for someone to do an informal visit. But I seriously question anyone allowing the general public access to the cockpit during an airshow and not have the battery disconnected.

BobOh wrote in post #2498781
Did you get your junior pilot wings from the aircrew? I too remember those days.

yeah, i think I still have them saved in my closet somewhere.
too bad they wont even let me take my water bottle anymore.

golfecho wrote in post #2506974
I can't imaging ANY aircrew or crew chief allowing a C-130 to be a static display without disconnecting the battery. It is a requirement. Could it have been an "after the show" tour? Frequently when we are on the road, we will have visitors (usually someone's family) come visit us on the ramp, and we wouldn't disconnect the battery for someone to do an informal visit. But I seriously question anyone allowing the general public access to the cockpit during an airshow and not have the battery disconnected.

Could have been a private tour. It was so long ago and I can barely remember last week.

i miss the days of being able to go and sit in the cockpit, get those little plastic wings, a little toy plane (and not to mention a friggin meal!).. being a kid before national paranoia kicked in was great..
nice shot too!