Altimeter, Sensitive, Type C-12, 50,000 ft, US Navy WWII, Encased Sunderland It is attached to a

It is attached to a brushed steel stand

the C-1 Directional Gyro was used in versions of the Curtis P-40N Warhawk and Bell P-39N Airacobra Fighters and the A-30 Martin Baltimore light bomber

The earth's surface reflects some of this radiated carrier

as use in early versions of large British RAF aircraft such as the Avro Lancaster

75 inches long

Altimeter, Sensitive, Type C-12, 50,000 ft, US Navy WWII, Encased Sunderland It is attached to aHere is a WWII era Sensitive Altimeter, US Navy Type C 12, made by Kollsman, encased in a wood housing with rubber feet. The C 12 Altimeter was used across all aircraft of the Air Corps US Army and US Navy including heavy bombers B 17 and B 24, medium bombers, B 25 and B 26, Fighters P 38, P 39, P 40, P 47, and P 51, and transports C 46 and C 47, according to the Maintenance Interchangeability Chart dated Dec 1943. The C 12 Sensitive Altimeter