Autopilot Control Panel for A-5 Auto Pilot System, Sperry Carvair made by Kollsman

made by Kollsman

It appears that the lens can be removed and the upper and lower operating limit indicators can be set by sliding the triangular pointers along the scale (we have not attempted this in order to preserve the artifact)

the aircraft is headed in the desired direction

appear to use a next generation autopilot and not the GR-2

Autopilot Control Panel for A-5 Auto Pilot System, Sperry Carvair made by KollsmanThe 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