Autopilot Turn Controller for A-5 Auto Pilot System, Sperry, B-24 Liberator Smiths model 8DJ28AAN

model 8DJ28AAN

It is in reasonable yet experienced condition given its age

It has date stamp of January 1951 and Boeing tamper evidence seals

Note that the Type A-2 spec sheet in the photo gallery and this Type A-3 example appear to be the same

Autopilot Turn Controller for A-5 Auto Pilot System, Sperry, B-24 Liberator Smiths model 8DJ28AANThe A 5 Automatic Pilot was used primarily in WWII era bomber aircraft of the Air Corps US Army such as the Consolidated B 24 Liberator (see photo of B 24 cockpit showing the location of the A 5 panel). The A 5 system appeared in aircraft manufactured during or before 1943, the year when the Honeywell C 1 system became the standard autopilot system for large multi engine aircraft. Theoretically, the A 5 system may also have appeared in the Boeing B 17