Autopilot Control Panel for A-5 Auto Pilot System, Sperry Carvair appear to use a next

appear to use a next generation autopilot and not the GR-2

as illustrated in the Airborne Radio Equipment Handbook dated 1943 (see illustrations)

the aircraft is headed in the desired direction

made by Kollsman

The Receiver

Autopilot Control Panel for A-5 Auto Pilot System, Sperry Carvair appear to use a nextThe A 5 Automatic Pilot was used primarily in WWII era bomber aircraft of the Air Corps US Army such as the Consolidated B 24 Liberator (see photo of B 24 cockpit showing the location of the A 5 panel). The A 5 system appeared in aircraft manufactured during or before 1943, the year when the Honeywell C 1 system became the standard autopilot system for large multi engine aircraft. Theoretically, the A 5 system may also have appeared in the Boeing B 17