Fairchild Type A-10 bubble sextant and case

Bubble sextant and case

INSTRUMENTS - OCTANTS
Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation
USA
after 1941
5.25 x 5.75 x 4.25

A Fairchild bubble sextant,Type A-10 (1958.1037.A), in hinged wooden case with carrying handle (1958.1037.B) Made of black iron, plate on side, "PROPERTY, AIR FORCE, U.S.ARMY / SEXTANT, AIRCRAFT / NAME OF ARTICLE / Type A-10A, Serial No. AF44-16136 / Order No. W30-053 ac 1470 Spec. No. 27473 / M'F'RS. ASSEMBLY PART NO. E320-K1 / M'F'R'D BY / FAIRCHILD CAMERA AND INSTRUMENT CORP. / NEW YORK, NEW YORK"; this type of aerial sextant had been first used by Howard Hughes on his around the world flight in 1938.

1958.1037.AB