B-47 Stratofortress Type A-5 Fire Control System Maintenance Digest French Armée de l'Air The pointer makes one revolution

The pointer makes one revolution every hundred miles per hour

8"x12" framed black and white photos of various airliners used by United Air Lines from the 1950's-1980's

and received signals from the bombardier to indicate his desired course changes

The first flight of the AC-130A wasn't until 1966

B-47 Stratofortress Type A-5 Fire Control System Maintenance Digest French Armée de l'Air The pointer makes one revolutionThis is an original Maintenance Digest for the General Electric Type A 5 Fire Control System Model 2CFR10A2 used in B and E versions of the USAF's Boeing B 47 Stratofortress Strategic Bomber. It is dated February 1954. The Type A 5 Fire Control System was a radar directed tail defense system using twin 20mm cannons mounted in a tail turret. The system controls were mounted behind the co pilot, who would swivel his seat rearward to operate the system.