Vintage WW2 Airplane Military Navigation Oscilloscope Radio Radar Unit


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Current Price: 86.96 USD

Very interesting piece of history.

Untested, missing parts, but very, very cool!

Sold as-Is. For parts or repair.

Marked ID-6 A/APN

According to what I could find out, this was the first Loran set for aircraft to enter service. 

Indicator unit Type ID-6-A/APN-4 from Loran navigation aid, and operator's viewing hood, used by American US Army Signal Corps. LORAN (LOng RAnge Navigation) was a hyperbolic radio navigation system developed in the United States during World War II (1939-1945).


LORAN was an American development of the British GEE radio navigation system (used during World War II). While GEE had a range of about 400 miles (644 km), early LORAN systems had a range of 1,200 miles (1,930 km). The APN-4 unit was developed by R J Dippy, the British inventor of GEE. He was sent to the USA in mid-1942 to work with the LORAN development team. It was Dippy who ensured that the LORAN unit was interchangeable with the in-service GEE unit, so could be fitted to all RAF / RN aircraft.. LORAN was used in all theatres but was especially valuable as a navigational aid in the Pacific where aircraft had to traverse vast stretches of open sea with no landmarks from which to take bearings.


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Vintage WW2 Airplane Military Navigation Oscilloscope Radio Radar Unit Vintage WW2 Airplane Military Navigation Oscilloscope Radio Radar Unit Vintage WW2 Airplane Military Navigation Oscilloscope Radio Radar Unit
Vintage WW2 Airplane Military Navigation Oscilloscope Radio Radar Unit Vintage WW2 Airplane Military Navigation Oscilloscope Radio Radar Unit Vintage WW2 Airplane Military Navigation Oscilloscope Radio Radar Unit


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