Autopilot Flight Controller, WG182D1 B-50 upon observing the flag/arm positions

upon observing the flag/arm positions

the position of a graduated card attached to the float is visible through a glass cover in the front of the bowl

The 144-page

or non-sensitive

PN 549N-06

Autopilot Flight Controller, WG182D1 B-50 upon observing the flag/arm positionsHere is a 1960's Vietnam War era Autopilot Flight Controller, part number WG182D1, made by Minneapolis Honeywell for US military aircraft. It is very similar to the module used in the US Air Force Douglas Destroyer B 66 bomber (see illustration from the B 66B flight manual dated 1963. The B 66 was the US Air Force's version of the US Navy's A 3 Skywarrior bomber. The autopilot flight controller was used by the pilot to turn and trim the aircraft while