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| Aero Products Research Inc. | Computer Air Navigation Dead Reckoning CPU 26A/P | Pocket Aviation | aluminium | Dead reckoning flight computer version of patented (US2097116) Dalton designed E6-B + unusual pocket model |
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| Aero Products Research Inc. | E6-B2 Computer | Aviation | aluminium | Dead reckoning flight computer version of patented (US2097116) Dalton designed E6-B but this time copyrighted 1967 version |
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| AIRTOUR/POOLEYS Flight Equipment Ltd. | CRP-1 Computer | Aviation | plastic | Modern plastic dead reckoning flight computer version of larger patented (US2097116) Dalton designed E6-B |
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| ALRO (All-Round) | KLM SYST ALRO - System van Roon (AC-1.35) | Desktop Aviation | metal/paper | Desktop version of smaller GoA with high-precision goniometric layout (double length Trig scales) by van Roon + specially commissioned dead reckoning flight computer for Dutch airline KLM for calculating course & wind correction |
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| ALRO (All-Round) | NoName (AC-6.06) | Aviation/Conversion | plastic | Unusual slide rule/slide chart/nomograms (2 x Ø 7½cm discs) made for unnamed company or organisation (but Ka6 is a single-seater glider built by Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co in Germany) for use as simple dead reckoning flight computer & for wind speed conversion + flying check-lists on back |
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| Betta Manufacturing Co. | Flight Computor 6B/116 Mark II A | Military Aviation | aluminium/bakelite | Dead reckoning flight computer version of patented (US2097116) Dalton designed E6-B for use by British RAF with calibrated altimeters + extra scales on cursor windows |
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| COX & STEVENS Aircraft Corp. | V (M.L. Navigatie-Doos) | Boxed Aviation | metal/plastic | 1946 patented design (US2405803) dead reckoning flight computer/navigation kit for marine aircraft by Arthur L. Thurston for Dutch market + innovatively built into metal box with switches to change form of calculation (e.g. from flown course to course over ground) with wind, barometric & temperatures scales & speed dial inside lid + wind direction dial, various speed & optional settings & refinements (e.g. degrees of drift) built into main body of box |
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| Crowe Name Plate and MFG. Co. | Computer True Airspeed A.C. Type G - 1 | Desktop Military Aviation | plastic | True Airspeed (TAS) flight computer made for US Army Air Force & Navy - serial no. A 22262-A |
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| G. Felsenthal & Sons Inc. | Flight Computer MB-8 | Military Aviation | aluminium | Used by US military for calculating aircraft performance + design allows interchangeable alternative data discs |
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| G. Felsenthal & Sons Inc. | PT Pilot's Computer | Pocket Aviation | plastic | Micro dead reckoning flight computer version of patented (US2097116) Dalton designed E6-B |
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| IWA (Ingenieurbuero fuer wirtschaftliches Arbeiten) | 15106 | Military Aviation | plastic | Dead reckoning flight computer specifically calibrated for American Lockheed Corp. F-104G Starfighter interceptor fighter bomber widely deployed during Cold War |
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| Jepprsen & Co. | CSG-8A Computer | Aviation | aluminium | Dead reckoning flight computer (CSB = Circular Slide Graphic) - a version of patented (US2097116) Dalton designed E6-B |
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| Kane Aero Co. | MK-6B | Aviation | aluminium | Dead reckoning flight computer - a simpler/cheaper version of patented (US2097116) Dalton designed E6-B |
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| London Name Plate Mfg. Co. Ltd. | Computer Dead Reckoning MK. 4A | Military Aviation | aluminium | Dead reckoning flight computer version of patented (US2097116) Dalton designed E6-B + UK MoD black crow’s foot or pheon arrow on sheath |
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| London Name Plate Mfg. Co. Ltd. | Range and Endurance Computer MK. 1 6B/2652 | Desktop Military Aviation | aluminium | Dead reckoning flight computer version of patented (US2097116) Dalton designed E6-B for use by British RAF primarily for Meteor NF11 - NF14 jet aircraft + UK MoD black crow’s foot or pheon arrow on pouch |
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| London Name Plate Mfg. Co. Ltd. | Range and Endurance Computer MK. 1B 6B/2710 | Desktop Military Aviation | aluminium | Dead reckoning flight computer version of patented (US2097116) Dalton designed E6-B for use by British RAF primarily for Seahawk jet aircraft + UK MoD black crow’s foot or pheon arrow on pouch |
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| Meierhofer (Hans) | 11054 Swiss Navigator | Aviation - System Borner | aluminium | Dead reckoning flight computer using “book construction" with multiple ring-bound nested discs patented (CH341321) by Armin Borner |
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| Mercator | Computor B-3 | Aviation | aluminium | Early dead reckoning flight computer version of patented (US2097116) Dalton designed E6-B + defunct NL maker (1946-1996) named after cartographer Gerard Kremer in 15rg century naming his mapping system Mercator |
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| SanTech Inc. | FDF-26 Mark IX | Pocket Aviation | plastic | Micro dead reckoning flight computer version of patented (US2097116) Dalton designed E6-B |
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| Schiffmann Luftfahrtverlag GmbH | Schiffmann-Dodd-Navigator | Navigator | plastic | Modern German-made plastic dead reckoning flight computer version of patented (US2097116) Dalton designed E6-B - unusual “twin legs” design by Friederich Schiffmman & Dodd |
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| SPZ - Voronezh | NL-10m | Aviation | wood/steel/celluloid veneers | Dead reckoning flight computer invented by W.G. Nemtschinow & L.S. Popow+ identical model made by another Russian factory - LFAI |
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| Unknown | кнп-57 | Aviation poly-slide(2) | plastic | Russian-made dead reckoning flight computer equivalent to classic Dalton designed American E6-B |
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| Weems System of Navigation | Dalton Dead Reckoning Computor E-6B | Avaition | aluminium | Early dead reckoning flight computer version of patented (US2097116) Dalton designed E6-B + US maker founded in 1928 merged with German maker C. Plath in 1953 to be come Weems & Plath. r |
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