As with most photographic-reconnaissance airplanes, the pilot was provided with a periscope so he could orient the airplane for pictures taken by his downward-oriented cameras. The A3D-2P had two periscopes, one for the pilot to position the airplane over the area of interest and one for the photo-navigator in the right seat to trigger the cameras to take pictures of it.
The viewfinders were large and prominent on the instrument panel:
