Obscure P-51 cockpit detail

Apr 16, 2006 0 Replies

Hey all - haven't been here for a while - good to see a lot of familiar names still on the group...



Anyway, just wondering whether anyone can help with the details of one of the placards found on the P-51D (and -51C) instrument panels? It's a parallelogram (skewed rectangle) shaped notice found way over on the right-hand side of the panel. You can see it in this photo:



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(though not read it!) just above the striped canopy release lever midway up the right-hand-side of the picture.



The closest I've been able to get to reading this is in this photo:



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of a P-51C panel under restoration.



I make it out as:



WARNING DO NOT MO(VE?) THROTTLE ... BACK ... ... ...



Does anyone know what the rest of the text here says? A clear photo of this placard would be greatly appreciated...



Cheers Ruediger



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