Your favorite cock pit

March 16, 2005 10:44 AM

Wildcats, Falcons, Dragonflies, Dominators, Lancers, Starlifters, Sea Stallions, Shooting Stars, Stilletos (or is it Stilleti?): instrument panels
posted by breezeway (10 comments total)

Never before have I more clearly seen the connection between flying machines and homoerotic/hyper-masculine symbolism.
I wonder if there is an aircraft called "Buckmaster" or "Manhole".
posted by hatchetjack at 11:24 AM on March 16, 2005

I agree, hatchetjack. And car names have always cracked me up. Hummer, Probe, Ram, Lancer... Why not just give in and call it "Big Throbbing Man Meat"?
posted by Specklet at 11:42 AM on March 16, 2005

great post breezeway. thanks
posted by derangedlarid at 11:50 AM on March 16, 2005

And if you're a real flight geek like me and want to know what every single button, display and dial in a commercial airliner cockpit does, you vist this site.
posted by DieHipsterDie at 12:18 PM on March 16, 2005

Absolutely fabulously geeky post. Thanks breezeway. I'm off to learn the cockpit of the Grumman Avenger....
posted by Sk4n at 12:53 PM on March 16, 2005

What? No link to Steel Battalion?
posted by sourwookie at 1:14 PM on March 16, 2005

When I hover the cursor over "Starlifter," I see "Shirtlifer." What's up with that?
posted by crazy finger at 2:06 PM on March 16, 2005

I'm planning to make a trip over to Dayton to see the USAF Museum when the weather's a little more convenient for walking around outside looking at parked aircraft. I hope I get to look inside a few; instrument panels are fascinating. One of my happier memories is when a C-130 driver at an air show let my son, then 7, play in the pilot's seat for almost half an hour.
posted by alumshubby at 2:35 PM on March 16, 2005

Very cool post. Good one.
posted by nthdegx at 5:29 AM on March 17, 2005

You're writing english, so stilletos. ;)
posted by taursir at 12:15 PM on March 17, 2005