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How is this for a Waco cockpit?

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pilottj

Blues is Life
Check out this 360 shot of a new Waco YMF-5 cockpit. lol who would have thought we would see glass cockpits in biplanes.

Full Glass
http://ext.dynamiteinc.com/waco/waco2.html

Partial Glass
http://ext.dynamiteinc.com/waco/waco1.html

One might ask why would you need that type of instrumentation in an airplane that will most likely never fly in instrument conditions. I can see one advantage certianty with a glass sectional. I imagine paper sectionals might be a bit of a distraction in an open cockpit plane. I hope it doesn't encourage pilots to keep their head staring at the glass instead of outside.

It is great that Waco is still alive and is still building open cockpit biplanes. I read that Waco was going to be reintroducing a Great Lakes model or two.
http://www.eaa.org/news/2011/2011-01-20_greatlakes.asp
http://www.wacoclassic.com/greatlakes.html

Cheers
TJ
 
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