Directional Gyro / Turn Indicator Type A-5 Hudson part number 586BK-028

part number 586BK-028

2 Fighter/Bomber

This is an authentic original (not a reproduction or CD) of the B-29 Superfortress Erection and Maintenance Manual dated Nov 1944

thus has never been opened

Directional Gyro / Turn Indicator Type A-5 Hudson part number 586BK-028The WWII era Directional Gyro Turn Indicator Type A 5 was standard equipment in aircraft of the US Army Air Corps and Air Force. Made by Sperry, part number 644730. The face is embossed with the serial number prefix AC 41, indicating a year of manufacture of 1941 for an aircraft of the Air Corps. This unit also has the inclinometer above the caging knob. According to the spec sheet in the Index of Army Aeronautical equipment Volume 6 Instruments,