Control Wheel / Yoke, Douglas DC-6 A-7 Corsair - - (3) The clamp

- - (3) The clamp (B) locks the scale (movable by means of four short pins) and clamp (C) locks the collimator assembly

and is marked "AF USARMY" on its face

The knob at the top right allowed the navigator to adjust for the desired course relative to the signal received from the radio compass

The Receiver

Control Wheel / Yoke, Douglas DC-6 A-7 Corsair - - (3) The clampThis is a superb specimen of a Control Wheel (aka Yoke) from the Douglas DC 6 commercial airliner. The Douglas DC 6 is a piston powered airliner and transport aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1946 to 1958. At the center is an original deep red hub with the beige Douglas logo of the era and three blue contrail stripes, which snaps on and off of yoke center. At the top of each end of the wheel are spring loaded button switches, one