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Reply #15 - May 25^th, 2006 at 8:39pm

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WHAT?! Since when to Baslers have full glass? They use modern analogue gauges. Show me proof, I really dont believe that the Basler has glass (if it does, im never flying a basler turbo)

You are right - I wrote from memory, but when I rechecked my source (Air Forces Monthly, April 2006) it captioned "the glass cockpit...." and after a few weeks of not having seen the photo (which I believe is the same as on the Basler site) my mind "saw" the full glass displays, rather than the modern gauges (with some fancy displays) thrown in. Either way, it's a much more modern and cleaned up panel..

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Reply #16 - May 25^th, 2006 at 8:49pm

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You are right - I wrote from memory, but when I rechecked my source (Air Forces Monthly, April 2006) it captioned "the glass cockpit...." and after a few weeks of not having seen the photo (which I believe is the same as on the Basler site) my mind "saw" the full glass displays, rather than the modern gauges (with some fancy displays) thrown in. Either way, it's a much more modern and cleaned up panel..

Well of course its modern and cleaned up, the avionics on original DC-3s are outdated and with the turboprops there is a need for new engine gauges.

EDIT: Also, I think that the magazine musta made a slight mistake. The DC-3 isnt the "glass cockpit", that would be the Curtiss C-46, given the "glass cockpit" label because of the extensive fiberglass fabric covering almost every surface of the cockpit

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Reply #17 - May 25^th, 2006 at 11:33pm

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Well of course its modern and cleaned up, the avionics on original DC-3s are outdated and with the turboprops there is a need for new engine gauges.

EDIT: Also, I think that the magazine musta made a slight mistake. The DC-3 isnt the "glass cockpit", that would be the Curtiss C-46, given the "glass cockpit" label because of the extensive fiberglass fabric covering almost every surface of the cockpit

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It's not inconceivable that some operator with more money than practicality could do a complete makeover of the panel with multifunction displays, etc.

You'd like the article - it includes two pages of profiles of the Basler as used by different operators, including one with an interesting history - probably one of the few models that has gone from USAF owenership to private ownership and acquired back by the USAF.

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