Catalogue No: | C0163 |
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Category: | Air Data |
Object Type: | Indicator/Instrument |
Object Name: | Solid-State Altimeter |
Part No: | 79-109-01 |
Serial No: | 001 |
Manufacturer: | GEC Avionics |
Division: | Powerplant Systems [PSD] |
Platform(s): | Hawk Series |
Year of Manufacture: | circa 1988 |
Dimensions: |
Width (mm): 85 Height (mm): 85 Depth (mm): 215 Weight (g): 1,400 |
Location: | Triple Shelf Unit, RH (indicators) [Main Store] |
GEC Avionics Ltd
S.S. Altimeter
Part 79-109-01
Ser 001
NSN
Code K0656
In the late 1980’s the Company Research Labortaory, FARL, collaborated with the Powerplant Systems Division to develop a range of aircraft instruments using Liquid Crystal Displays. Flight trials of an LCD Standby Instrument Panel were undertaken in the RAE Farnborough Hunter. This unit is marked as an S S Altimeter, presumably for Solid State, was produced for the Hawk 100 and is a Mk I Mono LCD Navigation Display.