Periscopic bubble aircraft sextant: Type 1A, No. 2053

PART OF:: Periscopic aircraft sextant: Type 1A, No. 2053, with mount; mahogany case; steel case; cardboard box upper+lower; outside box

Made:: 1950-1951 in Barkingside

maker:: Kelvin and Hughes (Aviation) Limited

Periscopic bubble aircraft sextant, Type 1A, No. 2053, by Kelvin and Hughes (Aviation) Limited, Barkingside, Essex, England, 1950-1951. The periscopic bubble aircraft sextant was used on the De-Havilland Comet passenger jet aircraft.

Details

Category:: Navigation

Object Number:: 1955-169/1

Materials:: steel (metal), chromium plated, enamel, copper (alloy), glass, plastic (unidentified), paxolin and asbestos

type:: bubble sextant and aircraft sextant

credit:: Kelvin Hughes Limited

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