Controlling for change . . .

How much have aircraft changed since the 1940s? Below is the pilot's "office" on a DC-3:



Here's an image from the flightdeck the Dreamliner, Boeing's 787:


You can't see the seats in the bottom photo, but they look a lot cushier than their DC-3 counterparts.

In some respects, what hasn't changed may be most interesting - you have wheels, pedals, and throttle sticks in both . . .

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