No tour of an airplane is complete without a cockpit shot, is it?
Here's a couple more:
Uh... yeah... those are my feet on the rudder pedals. I did mention that the pilot was letting folks get up close and personal with this airplane, didn't I?
(Didn't let me fly it, though...) He was particular about where I put my feet, so it was pretty much the seat cushion and the pedals and that was it. Yes, the black vertical stripes on the fuselage were helpful in getting in and out.
This next bit is a little hard to see, as the confines of the cockpit limited some of the photography options. Also, there was a line of tourists who also wanted to sit in the pretty jet so I couldn't spend a lot of time getting the shot.
Anyhow - in a thread I started about flying a German-made airplane there was mention made about non-English placards and labels. Someone expresed some surprise that non-English labeling was allowed in the US, or that English wasn't mandated, or something along those lines. And no, it's not required. It's a little hard to make out, but most of this cockpit still has its labels in the Cyrillic alphabet. I presume the words are Czech, but since I don't read it maybe it could be something else:
In contrast, a Soviet-made Yak I photographed later in the day at the same airshow had all its interior labeling in English. So some people do make the change, but it's not required.
Otherwise, awesome pics! 
