Friedrichshafen/AERO 2014

Nope, 160HP Lycos. At least that’s what I remembered and what Aerokurier is printing.

Rotax 912…

engines?

Thanks Peter!
Here she is… Regarding the Eastern style cockpit, for some reason it just stands out that way in this one as well. I don’t know what it is, but it looks distinctly un-western (is that a word?)

Have to say, I kinda really like the RHS carpet ………

You mean these?

(Tu-154)
They are indeed a product of 1960-70s ergonomics research, but later on they were changed to a quieter blue:

(Tu-204)

I don’t have a reference but have understood that the Soviets did a study and determined that this rather garish shade of blue/green was the least distracting to the pilot. It certainly is distinctive. Douglas used something similar, I assume for the same reason.

Does anyone know why Russian and Ukrainian instrument panels are always this weird green? I’ve seen that all the way up to the AN-225.

Thanks, I had it on my computer but don’t have an image account anywhere, besides FB.
Anyway, “it flies” posted a video that pretty much sums it up. Looks like an interesting proposition, with dual Rotax and a better cabin than the Tecnam.