Somewhere I have a photo of the original German spec instrument panel removed from one the Swiss JuAir Ju-52s it was then restored and is now on display in foyer of the Air force museum at Dübendorf. I'll see if I can dig it up.

I should also have some shots that I took from the flight deck when I was fortunate enough to receive a flight for my birthday some years back.

any picts are appreciated)

David) you are very Lucky))

In Hamburg, I guess?

i envy you

Nein, im der Schweiz


Yes I was very lucky, it was a present from the in-laws.

As for shots, sadly the in-flight shots were taken back in my pre-digital days, but I'll have look through the albums and see if any are worthy of scanning, however I'm sure I have later shots of the instrument panel, taken at the museum post-digital and saved to a disc somewhere here, I did have a quick look for them on Sunday but thus far no luck.

Otherwise you'll have to wait until mid-September, as I will be back in Switzerland, and as one of my wife's best friends lives in Dübendorf, I usually get dropped off at the museum while she is busy having some girly-catch-up time.

A disadvantage of taking instrument panel pictures of a working aircraft is that many of the WW2-era instruments have been replaced by modern ones. Certainly, the radio and navigation aids are going to be 21st century, rather than 1940s vintage.

I discovered this the hard way when I tried to get pictures of the C-47 cockpit.

What's likely to remain authentic are the other parts of the cockpit - rudder pedals, throttle quadrants, cable runs, seats, etc.

FWIW, I checked out the Duebendorf Flight Museum web site, since they have a flyable Ju-52. One little gem I found is a .wav file of Ju-52 engine sounds.

http://www.airforcecenter.ch/fileadm...loads/ju52.wav

Assuming the engines are still BMW 132 radial engines, this would be a handy sound file for the Ju-52, as well as the Ar-196, FW-200, and Hs-123.

All three Ju52s of the JuAir fleet where original German Junkers builds and not licence built aircraft, and are to my Knowledge the only ones still running with beemers, at least this was true last time I saw them doing an engine run-up in 2006.

The instrument panel that was on display outside the JuAir booking office was removed from one active aircraft and restored to it's original delivery configuration, with all the original instruments, sadly still not been able to track down the images I took of it yet but still looking.

The only cockpit shot I've tracked down thus far is a fairly poor quality shot that was taken inside the Munchen museums Ju52, which I beleive is a post war french built example.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.n...98571616_o.jpg

nice pict) Thx)