Posted by
jamesgibbon on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/interceptor-tp1503081p1503083.html
"Kevin Bulmer" wrote:
>
> I'm making a digital model of the interceptor and it has brought a
> number of questions to mind. I have a lot of reference material
> and am confident in the shape of the original model. However, the
> thing I can't see is how the canopy opens and how the pilot enters
> the cockpit. I can accept that the interceptor hangar is like an
> airlock and can be pressurised while the pilot (not in a space
> suit) gets in and out. Perhaps there's a ladder or gantry allowing
> access to the cockpit. My guess is the cockpit hinges up allowing
> access from the front. There's no way for it to slide forward.
This comes up quite often, and actually it's a favourite topic of
mine :D
There is no definitive answer, unfortunately. It's left to the
viewer's imagination.
As I've commented before, I can't accept that the hangar is
pressurised, since it is relatively enormous compared to a Moonbase
sphere - consider the volume of air, surely a precious resource on
Moonbase, that would be vented each time an interceptor is
launched. Enough to keep the entire Moonbase personnel going for a
week, probably (I might do the arithmetic later :D)
Some of the earlier GA programmes, Thunderbirds, Stingray and
Captain Scarlet in particular - seem to take great pride in
presenting an intricate method of entry into the various vehicles -
Stingray's launch chute, the sofa that travels all the way into
TB3, the seats that insert the Angel girls upward into the
interceptor. But Gerry seemd to have tired of the minor details by
the time he came to make UFO.