Autopilot Control Panel for A-5 Auto Pilot System, Sperry Short Stirling The serial # is 1538/58

The serial # is 1538/58

This indicator has a service label of Naval Air Station (NAS) Alameda CA dated 1967

-7 to 25 PSI

and versions of bombers B-47 and early B-52s

This is a Beam Compass Indicator

Autopilot Control Panel for A-5 Auto Pilot System, Sperry Short Stirling The serial # is 1538/58The A 5 Automatic Pilot was used primarily in WWII era bomber aircraft of the Air Corps US Army such as the Consolidated B 24 Liberator (see photo showing the location of the panel in the B 24 cockpit). The A 5 system appeared in aircraft manufactured during or before 1943, the year when the Honeywell C 1 system became the standard autopilot system for large multi engine aircraft. Theoretically, the A 5 system may also have appeared in the Boeing B 17