Fuel Quantity Indicator, AN-F-48,-58 Fuels, US Army Air Force, KB-29P Aerial Refueling

Fuel Quantity Indicator, AN-F-48,-58 Fuels, US Army Air Force, KB-29P Aerial Refueling

$45.00
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Here is a very interesting dual-fuel, Fuel Quantity Indicator, made by Minneapolis-Honeywell part number G700C33 for the US Army Air Force order with a BAC prefix (Boeing Aircraft Corporation) for a Boeing KB-29P Aerial Refueling Aircraft.  The KB-29P (116 of them) were created starting in 1948 from modified B-29 bombers, which pioneered the way for future designs of aerial refueling aircraft.   The indicator is specifically part of the refueling system, and displays fuel quantity on the refueling panel at the flight engineers station (see photo of the panel and location of the indicator from the KB-29P Flight Manual dated 1951). It displays total fuel on two different scales, depending upon the type of fuel being carried, which would likely be determined by the type of aircraft to be refueled on a mission. If the fuel was AN-F-48 (aka Avgas, eventually designated MIL-F-5752), the indicator displayed total fuel quantity up to 16,200 lbs.  If the fuel was AN-F-58 (eventually designated

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