Accelerometer, G-Meter, AN-5745, Hucknall Aerodrome, Rolls-Royce Flight Test A-30 with the civilian version used

with the civilian version used in the Britannia and Comet airliners

It has a test label dated Nov 1957

as well as Korean War-era aircraft such as the A-1 Skyraider

Here is a Fuel Quantity Indicator as used in the US Navy Grumman F8F Bearcat fighter

including heavy bombers B-17 Flying Fortress

Accelerometer, G-Meter, AN-5745, Hucknall Aerodrome, Rolls-Royce Flight Test A-30 with the civilian version usedThis instrument seems to have had a very interesting history. This Accelerometer, made by Bendix part number 3413 2D A, has a service tag from the WWII era Rolls Royce Flight Test establishment situated at Hucknall Aerodrome, home of RAF Hucknall north of Nottingham England. The Rolls Royce Flight Test unit tested new engine designs and modifications at Hucknall, including piston and jet powered engines. We might assume that this accelerometer was