Altimeter, Sensitive AN-5760-T2A Mavis The compass correction card slips

The compass correction card slips into the frame on the front of the panel

and was central to many aviation instruments and automatic pilot systems

This instrument is stamped with a service date of June 1961 while serviced at SMAMA

MODEL OF THE YEAR 1944

and was likely used on a US Air Force or US Navy aircraft during the 1950's

Altimeter, Sensitive AN-5760-T2A Mavis The compass correction card slipsHere is a WWII era Sensitive Altimeter AN 5760 T2A made by Conn. It has a serial number prefix of AF45, evidence of a year of manufacture of 1945. The Sensitive Altimeter displayed altitude using 3 pointers. The first and longest indicated 100's of feet, the second indicated 1000's of feet, along the outer scale, and the third and smallest indicated 10,000's of feet. on the inner scale. The knob is used to adjust the altimeter to the barometric