diff --git a/Aircraft/Generic/Pilot/Airliner/pilot.xml b/Aircraft/Generic/Pilot/Airliner/pilot.xml
index 6b7dad965..a329930ca 100644
--- a/Aircraft/Generic/Pilot/Airliner/pilot.xml
+++ b/Aircraft/Generic/Pilot/Airliner/pilot.xml
@@ -63,6 +63,18 @@
 		</legs>
 	</params>
 
+	<animation>
+		<type>select</type>
+		<condition>
+			<and>
+				<not>
+					 <property>/sim/current-view/internal</property>
+				</not>
+				<property>/sim/rendering/pilot-model/enabled</property>
+			</and>
+		</condition>
+	</animation>
+
 	<animation>
 		<type>range</type>
 		<min-m>1</min-m>
@@ -92,7 +104,7 @@
 			<y>0</y>
 			<z>0</z>
 		</axis>
-	</animation> 
+	</animation>
 	<animation>
 		<type>rotate</type>
 		<object-name>Head</object-name>
diff --git a/Aircraft/Generic/Pilot/Fighter/pilot.xml b/Aircraft/Generic/Pilot/Fighter/pilot.xml
index a3167f9c4..f64cb0ec9 100644
--- a/Aircraft/Generic/Pilot/Fighter/pilot.xml
+++ b/Aircraft/Generic/Pilot/Fighter/pilot.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,18 @@
 		</legs>
 	</params>
 
+	<animation>
+		<type>select</type>
+		<condition>
+			<and>
+				<not>
+					 <property>/sim/current-view/internal</property>
+				</not>
+				<property>/sim/rendering/pilot-model/enabled</property>
+			</and>
+		</condition>
+	</animation>
+
 	<animation>
 		<type>range</type>
 		<min-m>1</min-m>
@@ -95,7 +107,7 @@
 			<y>0</y>
 			<z>0</z>
 		</axis>
-	</animation> 
+	</animation>
 	<animation>
 		<type>rotate</type>
 		<object-name>Head</object-name>
diff --git a/Aircraft/Generic/Pilot/General/pilot.xml b/Aircraft/Generic/Pilot/General/pilot.xml
index 38ebf7faa..3dbd907b8 100644
--- a/Aircraft/Generic/Pilot/General/pilot.xml
+++ b/Aircraft/Generic/Pilot/General/pilot.xml
@@ -63,6 +63,18 @@
 		</legs>
 	</params>
 
+	<animation>
+		<type>select</type>
+		<condition>
+			<and>
+				<not>
+					 <property>/sim/current-view/internal</property>
+				</not>
+				<property>/sim/rendering/pilot-model/enabled</property>
+			</and>
+		</condition>
+	</animation>
+
 	<animation>
 		<type>range</type>
 		<min-m>1</min-m>
@@ -92,7 +104,7 @@
 			<y>0</y>
 			<z>0</z>
 		</axis>
-	</animation> 
+	</animation>
 	<animation>
 		<type>rotate</type>
 		<object-name>Head</object-name>
diff --git a/Aircraft/Generic/Pilot/WWI/pilot.xml b/Aircraft/Generic/Pilot/WWI/pilot.xml
index fd50acdc6..98083cac6 100644
--- a/Aircraft/Generic/Pilot/WWI/pilot.xml
+++ b/Aircraft/Generic/Pilot/WWI/pilot.xml
@@ -63,6 +63,18 @@
 		</legs>
 	</params>
 
+	<animation>
+		<type>select</type>
+		<condition>
+			<and>
+				<not>
+					 <property>/sim/current-view/internal</property>
+				</not>
+				<property>/sim/rendering/pilot-model/enabled</property>
+			</and>
+		</condition>
+	</animation>
+
 	<animation>
 		<type>range</type>
 		<min-m>1</min-m>
@@ -106,7 +118,7 @@
 			<y>0</y>
 			<z>0</z>
 		</axis>
-	</animation> 
+	</animation>
 	<animation>
 		<type>rotate</type>
 		<object-name>Head</object-name>
diff --git a/Aircraft/Generic/Pilot/WWII/pilot.xml b/Aircraft/Generic/Pilot/WWII/pilot.xml
index 7d425f1de..51eb15e2a 100644
--- a/Aircraft/Generic/Pilot/WWII/pilot.xml
+++ b/Aircraft/Generic/Pilot/WWII/pilot.xml
@@ -63,6 +63,18 @@
 		</legs>
 	</params>
 
+	<animation>
+		<type>select</type>
+		<condition>
+			<and>
+				<not>
+					 <property>/sim/current-view/internal</property>
+				</not>
+				<property>/sim/rendering/pilot-model/enabled</property>
+			</and>
+		</condition>
+	</animation>
+
 	<animation>
 		<type>range</type>
 		<min-m>1</min-m>
@@ -92,7 +104,7 @@
 			<y>0</y>
 			<z>0</z>
 		</axis>
-	</animation> 
+	</animation>
 	<animation>
 		<type>rotate</type>
 		<object-name>Head</object-name>
diff --git a/defaults.xml b/defaults.xml
index f9fc8d700..1725c204c 100644
--- a/defaults.xml
+++ b/defaults.xml
@@ -419,6 +419,13 @@ Started September 2000 by David Megginson, david@megginson.com
             <compress-solid type="bool" userarchive="y">true</compress-solid>
             <compress type="bool" userarchive="y">true</compress>
         </texture-cache>
+
+      <pilot-model>
+        <!-- Controls for the availability (set by aircraft) and visibility
+             (set by the user) of pilot model(s) in the aircraft.-->
+        <available type="bool" userarchive="n">false</available>
+        <enabled type="bool" userarchive="y">true</enabled>
+      </pilot-model>
     </rendering>
     <model-hz type="int">120</model-hz>
     <sound>
diff --git a/gui/dialogs/view.xml b/gui/dialogs/view.xml
index 69a89a7d8..9d78f0f31 100644
--- a/gui/dialogs/view.xml
+++ b/gui/dialogs/view.xml
@@ -2,21 +2,21 @@
 
 <PropertyList>
   <name>view</name>
-    
+
   <nasal>
     <open>
-    
-      var group = gui.findElementByName(cmdarg(), "active-views");    
+
+      var group = gui.findElementByName(cmdarg(), "active-views");
       var ac = getprop("/sim/aircraft");
       group.removeChildren("checkbox");
       group.removeChildren("hrule");
       group.removeChildren("text");
-      
+
       var t = group.getChild("text", 0, 1);
       t.getNode("label", 1).setValue("Standard Views");
       t.getNode("halign", 1).setValue("left");
-      
-      
+
+
       var mode = 0;
       foreach (var v; view.views) {
         var index = v.getIndex();
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
           } elsif (index >= 100) {
             aircraft.data.add(enabled);
             if (mode != 1) {
-              mode = 1;              
+              mode = 1;
               group.getChild("empty", 0, 1).getChild("stretch", 0, 1).setValue(1);
               var t = group.getChild("text", 1, 1);
               t.getNode("label", 1).setValue("\"" ~ ac ~ "\" Specific Views");
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@
       }
     </open>
   </nasal>
-    
+
   <modal>false</modal>
-  <layout>vbox</layout>  
+  <layout>vbox</layout>
 
   <group>
     <layout>hbox</layout>
@@ -77,13 +77,13 @@
   </group>
 
   <hrule/>
-  
+
   <group>
     <layout>hbox</layout>
-    
+
     <group>
       <layout>vbox</layout>
-      
+
       <text>
         <label>Select Active Views</label>
       </text>
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
           <halign>left</halign>
           <label>Standard Views</label>
         </text>
-        
+
         <checkbox-template>
           <halign>left</halign>
           <label><!----></label>
@@ -108,14 +108,14 @@
         </checkbox-template>
       </group>
     </group>
-      
+
     <vrule/>
-    
+
     <group>
-      <layout>vbox</layout>      
+      <layout>vbox</layout>
       <halign>center</halign>
       <valign>top</valign>
-      
+
       <text>
         <label>Display Options</label>
       </text>
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
         </binding>
         <enable>/sim/view-name-popup</enable>
       </checkbox>
-      
+
       <checkbox>
         <halign>left</halign>
         <label>Show tooltips</label>
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
           <command>dialog-apply</command>
         </binding>
       </checkbox>
-      
+
       <checkbox>
           <halign>left</halign>
           <label>Show tooltip on mouse press</label>
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
           <command>dialog-apply</command>
         </binding>
       </checkbox>
-      
+
       <checkbox>
         <halign>left</halign>
         <label>Show 2D panel</label>
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
           <command>dialog-apply</command>
         </binding>
       </checkbox>
-      
+
       <checkbox>
         <halign>left</halign>
         <label>Hide 2D panel in non-centered view</label>
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
           <command>dialog-apply</command>
         </binding>
       </checkbox>
-      
+
       <checkbox>
         <halign>left</halign>
         <label>Hide 2D panel in non-cockpit view</label>
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
           <command>dialog-apply</command>
         </binding>
       </checkbox>
-     
+
       <checkbox>
         <halign>left</halign>
         <label>Autohide menubar</label>
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
           <label>sec.</label>
         </text>
       </group>
-     
+
       <checkbox>
         <halign>left</halign>
         <label>Legacy multiplayer view selector</label>
@@ -266,7 +266,23 @@
           <command>dialog-apply</command>
         </binding>
       </checkbox>
-      
+
+      <checkbox>
+        <halign>left</halign>
+        <label>Show Pilot Model</label>
+        <property>/sim/rendering/pilot-model/enabled</property>
+        <visible>
+          <equals>
+            <property>/sim/rendering/pilot-model/available</property>
+            <value>1</value>
+          </equals>
+        </visible>
+
+        <binding>
+          <command>dialog-apply</command>
+        </binding>
+      </checkbox>
+
     </group>
 
   </group>