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toddbrenna
PostPosted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:38 am 
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Gold faced beautiful guages. Dated 1944. Could these possibly be from an aircraft carrier?
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they might be off a carrier LSO position but WWII was WAY before my time so I don't know.

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P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer.

S: Took hammer away from midget.
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The NOBS indicates that it is a Bureau of Ships contract. The face with the Benton Harbor mark is possibly a later rebuild of a WWII gauge. It is entirely possible they are from an Aircraft Carrier. What is the story behind them?

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Maybe off a blimp?

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I think that might be right. A blimp might be a great guess.

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Blimps would have been Noas or Noxs contract numbers. The NoBS contract means bureau of ships- this was as shipboard indicator.

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Maybe from an AIR SHIP, the Captains dingy or just a large boat thats attracted to aircraft :shock: :roll: :wink:

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Now if they could just invent an indicator to tell what direction the wind blows in the USAFM...

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Now if they could just invent an indicator to tell what direction the wind blows in the USAFM...
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Forgotten Field wrote:
Now if they could just invent an indicator to tell what direction the wind blows in the USAFM...


Pretty much of a reach there...did you pull any muscles or anything?

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Forgotten Field wrote:
The NOBS indicates that it is a Bureau of Ships contract. The face with the Benton Harbor mark is possibly a later rebuild of a WWII gauge. It is entirely possible they are from an Aircraft Carrier. What is the story behind them?


EXCELLENT guess, in the 60's Aircraft Components sold anemometers/wind direction indicators to GA airports, they were frequently wall mounted in the FBO, often with an altimeter if someone was an official Wx observer.

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