 | Please Help Identify This Instrument| Other Electrical Systems Tech. Discuss Please Help Identify This Instrument in the Technical forums; Really cool find! We have a Betty bombsight at the museum in Camarillo, the only one of it's kind ... |
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06-17-2007, 11:49 AM
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#16 | | "Shooter"
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Country:  | Really cool find! We have a Betty bombsight at the museum in Camarillo, the only one of it's kind that is known to exist. I wonder how rare this instrument is.
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06-17-2007, 12:43 PM
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Woohoo! That is so cool. I didn't think we were ever going to find out what it was. We bought it to resell on Ebay & have been sitting on it for about 6 months because we didn't know how to list it. You made my day, Olivier, thank you! Thanks to all for taking the time to help solve our little mystery. Now that I know what it is, I am going to try to get it listed on Ebay starting tomorrow, in case anyone is interested. We'll even work out some kind of discount if the winning bidder happens to be a Warbird Forum member, since we couldn't have done it without you. I don't know if it's legal (on Ebay) to discount the final price of auction items, but the shipping charges can be discounted or done away with & partial refunds are legal. Thanks again, Denise  | |
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06-17-2007, 01:47 PM
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#18 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | Great detective work and a great find well done everyone. | |
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06-17-2007, 08:53 PM
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Country: | Nice tracking guys. Sure looks like a dive plane indicator, but I like the diagram you attached, Subaro. I bet you've nailed it. | |
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06-18-2007, 03:26 AM
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#20 | | Junior Member
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Country: | I would like to provide a link to this thread on Ebay when I list this item so people can see the photos posted by Olivier, but I thought I better check here first to make sure it isn't in violation of forum policy or just improper forum etiquette to do so. Please let me know. Thanks, Denise | |
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06-18-2007, 06:57 AM
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Country:  | Good work guys. Denise it is fine to post this thread for reference.
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06-20-2008, 03:42 PM
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Country: | Its an altimeter, look close, when the one reaches 10,000 the 2 takes over
when the two reaches 20,000 the three takes over,,,, | |
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06-20-2008, 03:44 PM
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#23 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Originally Posted by qualifier1  Its an altimeter, look close, when the one reaches 10,000 the 2 takes over
when the two reaches 20,000 the three takes over,,,, | You're about a year too late....
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06-20-2008, 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by FLYBOYJ You're about a year too late.... | I just found this site today, I have a Jap aircraft compass im trying to look up.
Its WW2 Has some stickers on it writen in Japanese. Any ideas where i can get it appraised....thanks in advance... | |
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06-20-2008, 09:13 PM
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#25 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Originally Posted by qualifier1 I just found this site today, I have a Jap aircraft compass im trying to look up.
Its WW2 Has some stickers on it writen in Japanese. Any ideas where i can get it appraised....thanks in advance... | post a photo of it - I'm sure one of our members could identify it and give you a rough estimate of it's worth...
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