On february the 9th, 1969, the first flight of the Boeing 747 took place, and this was called the -100 series. Whilst there still are -100s in service around the world, this picture is from a -200, but it is quite similar, except for engines and fuel capacity. The -100/-200/-300 series are called "Classics" (or even "Jurassics"), as opposed to the newer generation -400s/-8s. The new versions have winglets, as well as an "all glass" cockpit, meaning computers and screens, eliminating the need for a flight engineer, with about a third of the instruments, indicators, dials etc. In this picture the flight engineer is sitting right outside the picture, to the right, as his panel is placed along the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, on a wall behind the first officers position.
All is done in PS, except for Sepia, which I did in Google Picasa as the last step before resize to 640.
Corrections:
Align (3.12 degrees)
Crop
Levels
Colours
Sharpen
Sepia (in Google Picasa!)
Resize
Save for Web
I had thought at first this was advanced editing, and thus did lens distortion correction and spot editing, and when I found it was basif editing, I started aaaaall over again - sigh!
My camera is always on UTZ/GMT time-date, because I travel so much in my work. Local time wise, this pictures is not long after sunrise, going roughly North-eastbound.
The overhead panel is sloping down a lot, filled with circuit breakers (electric fuses). I held the camera against the rear of this panel (there are lots more behind it!), and with then 10-22mm lens, this is what you get (even slightly cropped, and on a 1.6 cropped sensor)
Thank you for all your comments. Here are a few answers:
Yes, the captain is .... taking a short nap
Yes, the Copilot is looking in a map (we call maps at this scale chart). What is wrong in looking at where you are, and what is up next?
Center the shot, thanks, should have done that. Would also make the distortion less off centre.
Wipers and rain repel, each have their use, although rain repel is seldom used, and disabled on many of the 747 aircraft.
As for locked flight deck doors, first of all this is a cargo flight, second, I was deadhading as a crew member.
As for not seeing what year it is, without the title, up to you, but the challenge specifically says put the year in the title. It was nowhere hinted that the picture itself should give the year away. I don't have a time machine, anyway.
I like the vantage point but a little too much for my taste, a little tilt downward would have improved this, for my taste anyway. Also way too gray for my taste, could use a big contrast boost :)
I gave a higher-than-average vote for this since I know how hard it is to photograph a live cockpit. Are you a pilot, flight engineer, a flight attendant, or other authorized cockpit visitor?
At first glance, I did not like this at all! Looking closer, however. . . I like the perspective you used here with the switches. I wish you had been able to center the shot down the middle of the plane.
Like the sepia effect; wish it was sharper although if the co-pilot is studying a map maybe I don't want too much detail on what goes on in the cockpit!
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