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I'd hate to have to fly an approach from the back seat of the B-45, what a horrible cockpit arrangement.
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There are some bad ones arent there... but from my experience, as long as the planes have the 1960s style grey / black ADI, it ain't that bad. The old ADIs like that precessed bad, but the upside was that they could be levelled by the little knob. So, when you were configured on the approach and 0VVI, level the ADI and just look at what is important... it takes a little mental math sometimes with the descent rates, but I honestly prefer that old grey/black ADI with the pitch & bank steering bars to the newer blue/black steam ADIs with their so called flight directors.
The below links are to a great panel. Those cross hairs on the ADI aren't flight directors. They are weird, but I like them. Sadly, I will never see them again. That ancient drum air speed indicator though... is hard to get used to.
http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/media/090/C-130E%20Pilot%20Station.html
http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/media/090/C-130E%20Copilot%20Station.html
Plus, check out the ADFs on the co pilots side of the pedestal. Coffee grinder carrier wave style. You actually have to listen to the wwwwwwwwwwwweeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwww sound to tune it.
I was told, that they were the same as on the old prop bombers.