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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.
My parents complained about how loud
the B 26's they flew were but they always
said it was pretty roomy for the time.
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