• IRS. 3 gyros that spin to sense our position without any ground radios or GPS.
  • 3 different hydraulic systems, left, right and center
  • Emergency evacuation signal
  • Left HF radio
  • Right HF radio
  • Electrical system
  • Auxiliary Power Unit start
  • Cockpit voice recorder
  • Emergency exit lights and passenger oxygen mask manual deploy switch
  • Engine start selector switches
  • Fuel system controls. Left tank, Right tank and center tank. Read in thousands of pounds.
  • Anti-Ice switches, wing and engine.
  • Windshield wiper switch
  • Beacon, nav lights, wing inspection lights, strobe lights, landing lights, runway turnoff lights and taxi lights
  • When the flight attendants call us, or the pushback crew or even ATC using a system called SELCAL, the lights indicate who it's from.
  • No smoking signs and seatbelt signs switches.
  • Pressurization controls. Mostly automatic.
  • Equipment Cooling alternate switch
  • Cockpit lighting controls
  • Cockpit lighting controls
  • Cabin heating and cooling controls
  • Engine bleed air controls that provide air for pressurization, engine and wing anti-ice and engine starting.
  • Rudder 'yaw' dampers. Mostly automatic. Keep the airplane flying straight. Kind of.
  • Automatic engine limiter controls. Always left on unless they fail.
  • Magnetic 'whiskey' compass
  • Window Heat ON/OFF
  • APU Hourmeter
  • Passenger Audio Entertainment (Deactivated)
  • PA or Video player running

Detailed 757 cockpit overhead panel with notes

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  1. Blue387 47 months ago | reply

    But where are the buttons for wash, rinse and spin?

  2. B.I.L.NYC 37 months ago | reply

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called A view looking UP!, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  3. John. Romero 34 months ago | reply

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Cockpits, Nose, Tail, Wing, Landing Gear and Cabin Photos, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  4. alexhorus 22 months ago | reply

    This is better than a book, thanks for posting.

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