In the Champ, I can see the reflection of the airspeed and altimeter in
the side windows (mirror image).

Cub Driver wrote:
When I took my first lesson, I complained to the instructor that his
shoulders were blocking my view of the instruments (tandem Cub),
whereupon he covered them with his hands and said: "You don't need
this XXXX! Fly with what's outside the airplane!"