Bridge of the airship USS Macon. What’s that fish-shaped object to the left of the steering wheel?
Bubblecar said:
Bridge of the airship USS Macon. What’s that fish-shaped object to the left of the steering wheel?
A fish?
No, it’s riveted.
Bubblecar said:
Bridge of the airship USS Macon. What’s that fish-shaped object to the left of the steering wheel?
Barf bag?
It appears to be stitched around the edges and an opening into it through the dash.roughbarked said:
It appears to be stitched around the edges and an opening into it through the dash.
Anything designed to remove liquid would not need to be so fish shaped, I suspect it was to allow things to be passed between the con and the deck level.
You see how uncomplicated that cockpit is, no blinking lights or ping things or dials or analog recorders or alarms that scream at you PULL UP PULL UP or DO SOMETHING YOU’RE GOING TO CRASH DO SOMETHING YOU’RE GOING TO CRASH like modern stressfull cockpits, it’s just all windscreen, you can see for miles.
Carmen_Sandiego said:
roughbarked said:It appears to be stitched around the edges and an opening into it through the dash.Anything designed to remove liquid would not need to be so fish shaped, I suspect it was to allow things to be passed between the con and the deck level.
Yeah the stitches may be rivets.. and I assume it is a chute for either passing messages or discarding waste.. It certainly can’t be an ash tray.
roughbarked said:
Carmen_Sandiego said:
roughbarked said:It appears to be stitched around the edges and an opening into it through the dash.Anything designed to remove liquid would not need to be so fish shaped, I suspect it was to allow things to be passed between the con and the deck level.
Yeah the stitches may be rivets.. and I assume it is a chute for either passing messages or discarding waste.. It certainly can’t be an ash tray.
Considering that the flight deck is under the deck level.. it must be for dropping messages to the ground.
Looking closer, it appears as if there are 4 wingnuts on the inside of the ‘fish’, suggesting there is something like a grate fixed to the outside. maybe it is just a vent.
looks like a sheath for something
Considering how fast aircraft were evolving in those days, and how unreliable the engines were at the time, my guess is that it is the evolution fish mechanic.
Interesting. Wonder what is on the dashboard above it – a hole or some sort of instrument?
*If it’s a hole then it could be just a rubbish bin. *It could be part of some kind of instrument to measure the pressure of the gas or something like that – information which the pilot might find useful.
I think the original photo is not of the USS Akron, but the USS Macon instead.
gun rack
tobacco spittoon
Poikilotherm could have had a role there :-)
somewhere to hang a 16 point rack of antlers
moonshine still
Somewhere to stash the jewellery for the visit to Margs.
neomyrtus_ said:
gun rack
Yup, it’s the USS Macon.
Here is a front view of the gondola that doesn’t really shed any more light on the item, except for maybe suggesting it does not go external to the cockpit.
http://archive.org/details/298096main_74037main_IMG0073_full
http://archive.org/download/298096main_74037main_IMG0073_full/298096main_74037main_IMG0073_full.jpg
spaceage fish with bable fish capability to decode enemy signals
Emergency escape shoot in case of fire for the Bridge cat.
Stealth said:
Emergency escape shoot in case of fire for the Bridge cat.
Damn, I meant chute, but whenever I think of cats ‘shooting’ comes to mind…
Stealth said:
Stealth said:
Emergency escape shoot in case of fire for the Bridge cat.
Damn, I meant chute, but whenever I think of cats ‘shooting’ comes to mind…
bouncy sling for the baby of Macon
Carmen_Sandiego said:
I think the original photo is not of the USS Akron, but the USS Macon instead.
Perhaps Carmen might wish to inspect the OP for clues?
>Yup, it’s the USS Macon.
Yes, I clearly identified it as such in the opening post.
>http://archive.org/download/298096main_74037main_IMG0073_full/298096main_74037main_IMG0073_full.jpg
Yes, you can see the fish from the outside here. As DO suggests, doesn’t really shed any more light on it.
This is one mysterious mystery object.
neomyrtus_ said:
tobacco spittoon
or ashtray
Or dispose of something else..
sensitive documents ——-> overboard
Ian said:
neomyrtus_ said:
tobacco spittoon
or ashtray
Or dispose of something else..
sensitive documents ——-> overboard
Piss tube?
wookiemeister said:
looks like a sheath for something
That’s what I think. A cover for a piece for equipment and someone has hung it there after taking it.
Somebody ought to mention this thread in the other place. One of the more boffiny types might have an idea.