F9F-6 Panther Fighter Cruise Control / Rest / Climb-Descent Combination Computer 1950s Lily Bomber The knob is used to

The knob is used to adjust the altimeter to the barometric pressure is displayed in the small window at the 3 o'clock position

and the pointers

For as sophisticated this gunnery system was

One internal component has a date stamp of 1944

glass and dial are in exceptional condition for the age of this indicator

F9F-6 Panther Fighter Cruise Control / Rest / Climb-Descent Combination Computer 1950s Lily Bomber The knob is used toThis is a Korean War era Flight Computer designed specifically for the US Navy's jet fighter, the Grumman F9F 6 Panther, equipped with twin J 48 P 8 engines. It includes a Rest Computer (Rest meaning not flying under combat conditions) on one side and a Climb Decent Tabulator on the opposite side. these are essentially 2 disc, 7 inch circular slide rules.