Never know when you might need a spare.
Fact of the Day: The C17 is the only bomber that carries a spare cockpit at all times. Here the spare is being loaded into the C17 at #RAFLuton prior to a live fire training sortie over the Tenopence training range just outside Bradford #AvGeekpic.twitter.com/uRoEKprHTe
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Big plane go nom nom.
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Is that the next-gen ones that can hook the spare cockpit up and use it inflight to give the air cadets the simulator experience?
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It’s a real bugger when you have to do a changeover mid-flight. Those engineers earn their money!
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That's true. It's a MEL item on the C17. "Cockpits - no. fitted 2 no. required 1"
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Fun fact, the guys who operate the machinery to stop it sliding out while fitting are known amongst ground crews as 'cockblockers'
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A cockpit transplant?
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Left hand down a touch , no not that much and keep you fingers off the glass I spent hours polishing it !!!!!
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