Calculator, air navigation
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Circular
- DATE
- 1967
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1999.0454.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Aero Products Research Inc.
- MODEL
- EB-6
- LOCATION
- Los Angeles, California, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Flight calculator used by pilots on a Taylorcraft BC-65 aircraft. Calculateur de navigation aérienne utilisé par des pilotes à bord de l'aéronef Taylorcraft BC-65.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Navigation instruments & equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Aero
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- California
- City
- Los Angeles
Context
- Country
- Central America
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Used on an aircraft flown until 1999. Utilisé sur un aéronef qui a opéré jusqu'en 1999.
- Canada
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This air navigation calculator was used by pilots on a Taylorcraft BC-65 aircraft, currently housed at the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum. Ce calculateur de navigation aérienne a été utilisé par des pilotes à bord de l'aéronef Taylorcraft BC-65, présentement situé au Musée de l'aviation et de l'espace du Canada. - Function
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Instrument used to help calculate fuel usage, time on route and other aviation analytics before and during a flight. Instrument utilisé pour calculer le l'utilisation de carburant, durée de voyages et autres analytiques d'aviations avant ou lors d'un envolé. - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- The front of the calculator reads in part: " VAR. EAST/WCA LEFT /. TRUE INDEX /. VAR. WEST/WCA RIGHT /. STATUTE/NAUTICAL CONVERSION SCALE " The back of the calculator reads in part: " E6-B4 COMPUTER /. AERO PRODUCTS RESEARCH, INC.
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- Circular metal calculator painted in white, blue and black details. The circular calculator is fixed onto a white sliding metal rule with black details. Calculateur circulaire en métal peinturé en blanc, bleu et noir. Le calculateur circulaire est affixé sur une règle qui glisse en métal blanc et noir.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Aero Products Research Inc., Calculator, air navigation, circa 1967, Artifact no. 1999.0454, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1999.0454.001/
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