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In article , Mitchell Holman
says...
Miloch wrote in news:rb34an01d71
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You can't appreciate how cramped the cockpit
was until you sit in it. Granted we are simply
larger people now but dang, those guys were
literally rubbing shoulders for the whole flight.
No wonder other twin designs of the era (P-61,
A-20, Grumman F7F) opted for a single pilot
Ya...it was one of the first things I noticed. My father flew them just to get
his flight time and pay in the '50s...when he couldn't find something better
like a C-47...he hated them! His biggest complaint was their loudness
inside...no helmets back then...just earphones.
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