Altimeter, Sensitive, Type C-12, 50,000 ft, US Army Air Force WWII B-47

Altimeter, Sensitive, Type C-12, 50,000 ft, US Army Air Force WWII B-47Here is a WWII era Sensitive Altimeter, Air Corps US Army Type C 12, made by Kollsman. The C 12 Altimeter was used across all aircraft of the Air Corps US Army, including heavy bombers B 17 and B 24, medium bombers, B 25 and B 26, Fighters P 38, P 39, P 40, P 47, and P 51, and transports C 46 and C 47, according to the Maintenance Interchangeability Chart dated Dec 1943. The C 12 Sensitive Altimeter displayed altitude using 3 pointers. The first and

Courter Instruments

among others

This electrical aircraft Accelerometer (aka G-Meter) is a Type B-4

an extra tension band

and the Boeing B-29 Superfortress

but is frozen in position in this specimen and may be able to be repaired

The tag also contains the aircraft identification as well as the names of the two flight crew

the angled line to the semi-circle lands at the second "0"

the Zero Reader can be compared to an auto pilot in which the human pilot replaces the servos

Here is a post-WWII-era Sensitive Altimeter

ONI 202 Italian Naval Vessels (includes ONI 206 of Navies of other European Nations as well as some aircraft pages)

The data label shows manufacturing for an order by the BUAER