Bendix Aviation Equipment Service Guide, 1943: Eclipse, Stromberg, Scintilla, Pioneer A-7 Corsair

Bendix Aviation Equipment Service Guide, 1943: Eclipse, Stromberg, Scintilla, Pioneer A-7 CorsairHere is an original WWII era (1943) Service Guide for aviation equipment made by the Bendix Aviation Corporation under its brands Eclipse, Stromberg, Pioneer, Scintilla, and Friez. It covers instruments, landing gear, carburetors, magnetos, hydraulics, armament, turrets, and radio equipment. With over 400 pages, including several fold out diagrams, it is ~1 inch thick by 6 inches by 8 inches. This edition contains a misprint of pages 201 239 covering

The SCR 269 system (see diagram)

I have located this instrument on the engineers panel of the US Navy's floatplane JRM-1 Martin Mars

Vertical Speed Indicator (Rate of Climb)

it has two WWII aircraft etched on opposite corners

Both are in exceptional condition for their age

made by Marconi Espanola under license from the German instrument manufacturer Askania

made by Pioneer

landing of gliders and maintaining airborne supply operation to isolated positions

Section Four

is the instrument specified for the B

The indicator also provides visual indicator of oxygen flow similar to the WWII-era "blinker" device: as the pilot inhales/exhales

This is a fine example of a BC-434-A Remote Control Box for the aircraft receiver BC-433 of the Radio Compass SCR-269 system for direction finding and homing