Autopilot Control Panel for A-5 Auto Pilot System, Sperry F-86 B-25 and B-26

B-25 and B-26

Measures ~5 inches diameter and ~4 inches deep

This stock number was used in the US Navy's Grumman F8F Bearcat fighter

It included a toggle in the center to test that the bulbs were good

The gunner took aim at his target by looking through the glass screen mounted on an optic head the bottom of the sight

Autopilot Control Panel for A-5 Auto Pilot System, Sperry F-86 B-25 and B-26The 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