Original Flight Hardware: Main Insrument Panel (MIP) - Captain Side

Finally, I have assembled all the instruments for the MIP. Here is the panel for the left hand seat of the L-1011. The instruments that I have picked for the project are (from top left):

• Instrument Comparator (originally flown on the L1011)
• AFCS Warning (originally flown on the L1011)
• AFCS Modes (originally flown on the L1011)
• Altitude Indicator (originally flown on the L1011)
• Radio Altimeter Tape (originally flown on a Boeing 747)
• Attitude Direction Indicator (ADI) (originally flown on an Airbus A300)
• Airspeed Indicator (originally flown on the L1011)
• Radio Digital Distance Magnetic Indicator (RDDMI) (originally flown on a Boeing 737)
• Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI) (originally flown on an Airbus A300)
• Vertical Speed Indicator (originally flown on a McDonald-Douglas DC-10)
• Chronograph (originally flown on a Boeing 737)
• Instrument Alternate Source Select (originally flown on the L1011)

So, yes, its a bit of a mix, but, potentially all these instruments could have flown on the Lockheed L-1011 given a specific customer configuration.

So here is a speculation ... the serial number of the Main Instrument Panel plate reads:

LAC MODEL NO: 25-1624298-103
MFG SER NO: 1233

Could it be that this plate is from ship 1233 ?? And if so, it would make it a plate from an L-1011-500 delivered to BWIA International in Trinidad Tobago? Can someone help?