Instrument Flight, Part 1 Basic Air Work, US Navy 1944 RCAF

Instrument Flight, Part 1 Basic Air Work, US Navy 1944 RCAFThis original WWII era instructional book, Instrument Flight Part One, Basic Air Work, was published by the US Navy in 1944. This manual came to AeroAntique from the estate of a pilot of an SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber, although not marked with its former owner's name. The 155 page book measures ~4. 5 inches by ~7 inches, and is in good condition given its age.

They were essentially timers for communications radios that broadcast a fourteen second carrier wave every minute

and Bell UH-1 and AH-1 Cobra Helicopters per their maintenance manuals

Here is an engine Torque Pressure Indicator

Our Waltham A-8 appears to be either NOS or lightly used

and displays the direction on a compass card mounted at a 45 degree angle

including the Enola Gay (see API on navigator's panel)

as used in large aircraft in both British military and civil service during the 1950's in Reconnaissance/Bomber aircraft such as the Avro Shackleton and English Electric Canberra

The P-38 had two fuel quantity indicators

Mitsubishi G4M Type 1 Bomber Betty

It was the people of rich Russia who were half-starved

Its nice to hear a ticking clock once in a while

with the pointer rotating once from 0-10