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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1965
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2005.0202.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Aircraft Radio Corp.
- MODEL
- C-59A
- LOCATION
- Boonton, New Jersey, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 7410
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Predom. aluminum; glass windows.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 20.0 cm
- Width
- 14.7 cm
- Height
- 10.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Aircraft instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Aircraft Radio
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New Jersey
- City
- Boonton
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Likely installed before the DHC-6 Twin Otter's first flight in 1965; removed after its last flight in Sept. 1973.
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Used aboard an airplane to control the automatic (radio) direction finder (ADF), which is a radio-navigation instrument that automatically and continuously displays the relative bearing from the aircraft to a radio station. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Lettering on mfr. plate on back reads: "CONTROL UNIT C-59A/SERIAL NO. (engraved) 7410 WEIGHT 1.64 LBS/ircraft Radio Corporation/BOONTON NEW JERSEY"; lettering on strip of masking tope affixed to top of housing reads: "CF-DHC".
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Green housing; black dials & face with white lettering; clear windows; grey switches & connector; white cables.
- Decoration
- None.
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