• EdibleFriend@lemmy.worldOP
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      8 months ago

      hmm. I THOUGHT it was a flying fortress but now that I google this part of one is a tad different? It’s been around a long time, I know that. Ive seen this pic more then a few times in the past. Just came up on another group for me and thought id bring it over here…

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        8 months ago

        I’m dumb…I just googled what a flying fortress was. I thought it was like a steampunk dirigible lol

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          8 months ago

          hahaha its fine I guess that isn’t a super common knowledge name. But still at the same time if you look it up this isn’t it. the flying fortress gunner seat doesn’t have all that shit on the left and it has windows on both sides.

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            8 months ago

            I’m dying to know what it is because it looks straight out of a sci-fi movie

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              8 months ago

              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.

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            8 months ago

            It also looks a little spacious for an aircraft of that age.

            Very cool space whatever it may be!