Another visit to the Californian desert to find more 707 parts to make D-ABOD 100% complete. Spares source is N7381 B720 once flown by Ethiopian Airlines. Since my job keeps me very busy at this moment, I am unable to do any restoration work, so I am putting my focus
Visited Willow Run Airport near Detroit and checked out the DC-8-63 (ex Austrian Airlines). Tried to get #4 fired up for the JT3D sound recordings for the 707 sim but
18.02.2022: Today I started the restoration of the cockpit section of D-ABOD:
- Detailed photographs of every inch of the cockpit
- Collected all loose items and screws and cleared out the trash
- Got upset how the workers removed items and panels in the cockpit and how Dechow treated the items
The cockpit of D-ABOD arrived in Sweden together with Caravelle F-BHRU
Pick up of the Lufthansa 707 cockpit is now scheduled for January 17th 2022 in Hamburg followed by ferry transport a day later.
Stay tuned and fingers crossed!
Great news. With help from my brother I was able to acquire the cockpit of D-ABOD Lufthansa 707 built in 1960! This is the very last Lufthansa cockpit in original
Progress has been slow recently due to my relocation to Sweden, but I was able to complete the fuel levers and fix some light plates. Cleaning the throttle levers with an electric brush proved to work nicely. The potentiometers for the fuel levers have been connected to a D-SUB connector
