Altimeter, Sensitive AN-5760-T2A Mavis The compass correction card slips

The compass correction card slips into the frame on the front of the panel

The Gyro Flux Gate Compass System was used in aircraft of the US Army Air Force such as heavy bombers B-17

and was central to many aviation instruments and automatic pilot systems

with each lever attached to its subject of control via mechanical cable

Maintenance

Altimeter, Sensitive AN-5760-T2A Mavis The compass correction card slipsHere is a WWII era Sensitive Altimeter AN 5760 T2A made by Conn. It has a serial number prefix of AF45, evidence of a year of manufacture of 1945. The Sensitive Altimeter displayed altitude using 3 pointers. The first and longest indicated 100's of feet, the second indicated 1000's of feet, along the outer scale, and the third and smallest indicated 10,000's of feet. on the inner scale. The knob is used to adjust the altimeter to the barometric