@EdibleFriend to [email protected]English • 3 months agoFlying Fortressimagemessage-square10arrow-up161arrow-down11
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minus-square@glimselinkEnglish2•3 months agoI’m dying to know what it is because it looks straight out of a sci-fi movie
minus-square@CommissarVulpinlinkEnglish9•3 months agoIt’s the navigator’s station for a Tu-104, an early Soviet jet-powered passenger plane. Fun fact: that little window in the ceiling is so that the navigator can use the stars to figure out where they are if the instruments failed.
minus-squareNeuromancerlinkfedilinkEnglish0•2 months agoIf you go to wiki you can see a photo of a 104. You can see the glass and the star port. Very cool
I’m dying to know what it is because it looks straight out of a sci-fi movie
It’s the navigator’s station for a Tu-104, an early Soviet jet-powered passenger plane. Fun fact: that little window in the ceiling is so that the navigator can use the stars to figure out where they are if the instruments failed.
Very interesting, thanks!
If you go to wiki you can see a photo of a 104. You can see the glass and the star port. Very cool