Aircraft Pelorus, US Army Air Corps Type A-3 CF-100 and emergency conditions

and emergency conditions

fuselage tank (110 gals)

All of the glass panels and lenses are intact

It was the forerunner of the Bendix Polar Path and Sperry CL 11

Aircraft Pelorus, US Army Air Corps Type A-3 CF-100 and emergency conditionsThis is a rare find. We've only seen two in our many years of collecting aviation artifacts. Here is an example of an Aircraft Pelorus, Type A 3, an early navigational aid used in aircraft of the US Army Air Corps. It has a serial number prefix of AC 41, evidence of a 1941 year of manufacture. From Air Navigation Technical Manual TM 1 205 1940 US Army Air Corps for the Type A 2, which operates identically (the reference call outs refer to the diagram