Open Cockpit by junge1

Photography • Aviation • posted on Jul 11, 2012

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This is the cockpit of the Boeing N2S-3 'Kaydet' No. N747RB owned by Don Sloan of Dover, DE. I don't have a pilots license, and I have never flown in an open cockpit bi-plane, but looking at this beautiful, old aircraft I wondered what could have happened if I had been old enough to learn to fly in one of these, before transitioning to an A-6 for an instrument rating. I could easily see myself flying around on a sunny Sunday afternoon in one of these keeping track of the old instruments and checking out the scenery. And the engine sounded fantastic too. Low pitch, easy deep rumble. Picture taken on 2 June 2012 at Spaatz Field, reading, PA, Sig...