Altitude and Airspeed Handset, Gunnery System, B-36 Peacemaker USSR stock number R88-C-574)

stock number R88-C-574)

Includes checklist

along the inner barometric scale

2 and the C

5 by 11 inch technical manual covers all of the most commonly used instruments used in aircraft of the era

Altitude and Airspeed Handset, Gunnery System, B-36 Peacemaker USSR stock number R88-C-574)Here is an original Cold War era Altitude and Airspeed Handset as used in the Convair B 36D Peacemaker Bomber. This was a module of the B 36's Central Fire Control System, the remote control gun turret system. (see image from flight manual). This critical component was installed at the nose gunner's station in the B 36. It was his responsibility to ensure that the dials on the handset for altitude, outside air temperature, and airspeed are set to