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Cockpit Photos from Hornet F3/F4 Pilots' Notes

Key:

  1. Elevator trimming wheel.
  2. Rudder trimming control and indicator.
  3. Crowbar.
  4. Hydraulic handpump.
  5. Engine priming pumps.
  6. Heating control.
  7. Undercarriage emergency air release toggle.
  8. No. 1 engine master cock.
  9. Bomb or drop tank jettisoning, manual release.
  10. Undercarriage selector lever.
  11. Flap selector lever.
  12. Emergency cockpit lamp switch.
  13. Dimmer switches: Aft - two U.V. lamps for instrument flying panel; 2nd - electrical panel lamp; 3rd - engine instrument panel lamp; Forward - two floodlamps beneath gunsight.
  14. Supercharger gear change switch.
  15. G.G.S ranging control on No. 2 engine throttle lever.
  16. Throttle friction control - small black knob. RPM friction control - large white knob.
  17. I.F.F. G. pushbutton.
  18. I.F.F. G. selector switch.
  19. Pneumatic system and brakes pressure gauge.
  20. Elevator trim indicator.
  21. Radio controller.

 

Key:

    1. Firing switch safety flap
    2. Cine-camera switch
    3. No. 2 engine oil thermometer
    4. No 2 engine coolant thermometer
    5. Undercarriage emergency over-ride switch
    6. Location of No. 1 engine fuel pressure warning light (deleted)
    7. Oil pressure gauges
    8. Undercarriage position indicator
    9. Undercarriage warning light
    10. Flap position indicator
    11. R.P. pairs-fours selector switch
    12. Bombs/R.P. master switch
    13. No. 2 engine feathering button and fire warning light
    14. R.I. compass indicator
    15. Canopy jettison lever
    16. Oxygen regulator and flow indicator
    17. Windscreen de-icing regulator and handpump
    18. E.2 standby compass
    19. Location of aileron trimming control and indicator (if fitted)
    20. Generator warning lights
    21. Fuel contents gauges: (Pt. – Port inner; Centre – lower fuselage; Stb. – Stb inner)
    22. Fuel contents gauges: (Pt. – Port outer; Stb. – Stb outer)
    23. Cross-feed cock switch
    24. Fuel booster pum switches
    25. Brake lever

Key:

    1. Booster coil pushbuttons.
    2. Starter pushbuttons
    3. Radiator shutter switches
    4. Canopy winding handle
    5. Rubber thong for canopy winding handle
    6. Starboard ventilator
    7. G.G.S. selector/dimmer switch
    8. G.G.S. guns/R.P. switch
    9. Bomb fusing switches
    10. Ground/flight switch
    11. Bomb or drop tank jettisoning, electrical release
    12. Map case
    13. Bomb or drop tank selector switches
    14. Switches: Pt. – Bombs single/salvo distributor; Centre – G.G.S. master; Stb. – R.I. compass
    15. I.F.F. D. and F. switches
    16. Cine-camera footage indicator
    17. Switches: Pt. – Navigation lights; Stb. – Downward identification selector
    18. Switches: Pt. – Resin lights; Centre – Cine-camera master; Stb. – Pressure head heater
    19. Switches: Pt. – Landing lamp; Stb. Downward identification pushbutton
    20. Engin fire-extinguisher pushbuttons
    21. Air-intake filter pushbuttons
    22. Oil diluter selector switches and pushbutton

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