I thought the angle poise arm below might have been from the navigator’s position inside a Shackleton, but I’ve checked and it doesn’t match. This then begs the questions, what is this and what is it from? I assume it is from an aviation context but have no information, so any suggestions would be very welcome.
By: Arabella-Cox - 8th November 2012 at 21:21
Lamp
Looks too crude (and heavy) for an aircraft part to me.
Probably been attached to a wall at some point in its life – witness the white paint underneath from when the wall was re-painted.
Anon.
By: FarlamAirframes - 8th November 2012 at 20:53
Not one of the 5c 1079 series of Navs lamps that were used by the RAF.
Just been restoring a couple of them..
The round base on this one is not original – just to allow it to be used on a desk.
By: Trolly Aux - 8th November 2012 at 20:16
It looks far to heavy duty for aircraft lamp, I would go with a bench lamp.
By: TexanTrev - 8th November 2012 at 18:21
No, the ring on the end is where the bulb and metal shade attach.
By: RadarArchive - 8th November 2012 at 18:20
So would this be for holding a soldering iron, or something like that?
By: N.Wotherspoon - 8th November 2012 at 18:19
I have had a few Navigator’s position angle-poise lamps and all have been aluminium construction – this one appears to be steel? More likely from a lathe perhaps?
By: TexanTrev - 8th November 2012 at 18:15
It may be, but the workshop I worked in years ago had loads – at least two on every bench. Still got mine on a bench in the garage.
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November 8, 2012 at 6:02 pm