U. S Army Air Corps Octant Type A-7 Navigational System From WWII American Bomber

This a a very rare navigational instrument used on American bombers in WWII. The data plate on the transit chest reads.

ARMY AIR CORPS AIRCRAFT OCTANT TYPE NO. 3003-B BENDIX AVIATION CORPORATION PIONEER INSTRUMENT DIVISION BENDIX, NEW JERSEY, U. MFRD UNDER ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING PATENT NOS. 85912, 2221152 BENDIX CORPORATION PIONEER INSTRUMENT DIVISION BENDIX, NEW JERSEY.

Condition: In great condition for its age, with expected signs of use and wear! The A-7 was based on the instrument that Pioneer had introduced in 1931, but equipped with a finger activated pencil that enabled the navigator to make a number of vertical marks on a piece of roughened gray paper mounted below the index knob. After each series of shots, these marks would be visually averaged, and the average time of the series determined from a stopwatch. Although the technique was relatively crude, the Army boasted that an experienced navigator using an in instrument of this sort could set his plane down at the end of a transoceanic flight within an error radius of only 15 miles, less than four minutes flying time.

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S Army Air Corps Octant Type A-7 Navigational System From WWII American Bomber" is in sale since Wednesday, February 13, 2019. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Militaria\WW II (1939-45)\Original Period Items\United States\Field Gear, Equipment". The seller is "beas-place" and is located in Woodstock, Georgia.

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Country/Region of Manufacture: United States