Ryan PT-22 Recruit

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The U.S. Army Air Force used the PT-22 recruit as one of its primary pilot trainers during World War II. Seventy years later the airplane is prized by warbird collectors. In 2015, the PT-22 briefly entered the spotlight after a crash landing by actor Harrison Ford.

Source/ more information: Cavanaugh Flight Museum

Photographer Lyle Jansma started creating 360º views of cockpits in 2005, and has documented historic aircraft in several collections, including the Heritage Flight Museum, Museum of Flight, Erickson Aircraft Collection, Evergreen Air & Space Museum, and the National Museum of the Air Force. A full set of his cockpit views is available on the ACI Cockpit360º App for iOS and Android. Keep visiting this site (airspacemag.com/cockpits) as we add to the gallery below.