• Interior view of a wooden and metal aircraft, with multiple metal tubes and a red knob attached to a larger pump on the right side of the aircraft.
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    In this view inside the Lippisch DM 1, the pilot's control stick is center and tilted to the right. The pilot worked the lever with the red knob at right to pump water between tanks at the nose and tail to adjust the center of gravity. This image was taken looking aft through the nose toward the tail. 

  • Interior view of a wooden and metal aircraft, with multiple metal tubes and a red knob attached to a larger pump on the right side of the aircraft.

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Benjamin Sullivan

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WEB15002-2015

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