Automatic Pilot E-6 Turn and Pitch Control Panel Type A-8 Sally Bomber Our guess is that it

Our guess is that it is from a pre-WWII or WWII-era aircraft

the terrain would appear to travel at an angle to the heading of the aircraft

The signal would cause the needle to traverse left or right of center

dive bombers A-35 Vengeance and A-36 Apache

Automatic Pilot E-6 Turn and Pitch Control Panel Type A-8 Sally Bomber Our guess is that itThis is a very rare example of the Turn and Pitch Control Panel Type A 8 of the E 6 Automatic Pilot System as used in the US Air Force Cold War era Convair B 36 Peacemaker Strategic Bomber and the Boeing B 50 Superfortress Bomber (essentially an upgraded B 29). See two pages from the B 36 flight manual and one from the B 50 flight manual with images of this panel. This panel appeared in the main center console between the aircraft commander (pilot)