Bearing Circle, US Navy, Mk I Mod 2, 1943, in Wooden Case Beech Wheel & Flap Position Indicator

Wheel & Flap Position Indicator

a single ring with central dot orange reticle

an exceptional example indeed

The manual covers the bombs and bombing equipment in use by the USAF during the mid 1950's

Bearing Circle, US Navy, Mk I Mod 2, 1943, in Wooden Case Beech Wheel & Flap Position IndicatorThis is a WWII era US Navy Ships Bearing Circle, Mk I, Mod 2 in its original wooden case, made in 1943 by The Lionel Corporation. This model has two adjustable vanes (peep and far) with prism for viewing compass bearing and spirit level. The Bearing Circle was placed on top of a magnetic compass or gyro repeater and used to measure bearings of terrestrial objects. The Peep vane and Wire vane are lined up with the object of interest, whose bearing is