I have a machmeter that I recently purchased from Ebay. The seller did not know which aircraft it was from but it has various parts and stock numbers on the reverse from both the manufacturer and the USAF. Does anyone have any idea how I can find out which aircraft type it was possibly from using this info?
By: tache3 - 15th September 2006 at 22:34
I have a book called Cockpits of the Cold War written by Donald Nijboer, it illustrates a number of cockpits from cold war aircraft including American machines. Look through the illustrations it appears that this type of Mach meter was fitted to the F86 Sabre. But please bear the following in mind.
1) Most instruments were standard fitted to a variety of aircraft and I doubt if this was exclusive to the F86, its highley likely to have been fitted to other types in that particular era.
Hope this helps.
Thats a great help, thank you for going to the trouble to look it up. The fact that it could have been fitted to quite a few different aircraft just adds to its appeal for me.
By: FLY.BUY - 3rd September 2006 at 19:50
I have a book called Cockpits of the Cold War written by Donald Nijboer, it illustrates a number of cockpits from cold war aircraft including American machines. Look through the illustrations it appears that this type of Mach meter was fitted to the F86 Sabre. But please bear the following in mind.
1) Most instruments were standard fitted to a variety of aircraft and I doubt if this was exclusive to the F86, its highley likely to have been fitted to other types in that particular era.
Hope this helps.
By: tache3 - 3rd September 2006 at 19:03
Most instruments are manufactured as standard fit to a wide variety of aircraft. Do you have a photo and I can give you an indication of the types of aircraft it would have been fitted too?
Photos attached. Any help you could give would be greatly appreciated.
By: FLY.BUY - 26th August 2006 at 22:23
Most instruments are manufactured as standard fit to a wide variety of aircraft. Do you have a photo and I can give you an indication of the types of aircraft it would have been fitted too?
By: tache3 - 24th August 2006 at 19:25
Thanks for the info B17man. None of the part number prefix listings seem to match unfortunately and no luck on the inspection stamps either. Its a Kollsman A-2B Machmeter. Part number 950EX-4-03. USAF stock no. 6025-950EX-4-03. The inspection stamp is a K in a circle with the number 60 at the top and 2 at the bottom. Mach range is .5 to 1.5. Any clues anyone?
By: B-17man - 23rd August 2006 at 08:01
Part Numbers
Try this web site, It gives an amazing amount on info about part numbers and even inspection stamps
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/resources.htm
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