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Offline Ripsnort

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Cool piece of history-Spitfire compass
« on: April 18, 2015, 03:33:30 PM »
My buddy that flies for Alaska dropped this off today. His dad used to own it and gave it to Eric. Eric said he has no use for it and knows I have an office that is aircraft-centric.

He said it is a P8 compass from WW2.  They were used on Spitfires/Hurricanes/ and Tiger Moths. Pretty cool!







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Offline Swoop

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Re: Cool piece of history-Spitfire compass
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2015, 03:59:28 PM »
Nice.  Needs mounting.
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Re: Cool piece of history-Spitfire compass
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2015, 06:54:44 PM »
Quote from: Swoop on April 18, 2015, 03:59:28 PM
Nice.  Needs mounting.
metal isn't the kind of things that I like to mount swoop. But if I find an authentic box that it belongs and I'll buy it.
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Offline texasmom

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Re: Cool piece of history-Spitfire compass
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2015, 07:08:33 PM »
very cool :)
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Re: Cool piece of history-Spitfire compass
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2015, 07:25:36 PM »
Does it still work?
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Re: Cool piece of history-Spitfire compass
« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2015, 09:47:08 AM »
Very nice!  :aok
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Re: Cool piece of history-Spitfire compass
« Reply #6 on: April 19, 2015, 11:05:11 AM »
Quote from: Meatwad on April 18, 2015, 07:25:36 PM
Does it still work?
Yes!  :aok
I've not gotten lost yet walking around with it in my hands and people are not telling me where to go as much anymore... :confused:
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Offline Maverick

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Re: Cool piece of history-Spitfire compass
« Reply #7 on: April 19, 2015, 12:43:20 PM »
Was that set for horizontal mounting or vertical? I think horizontal given the "aft" stamping on it.
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Re: Cool piece of history-Spitfire compass
« Reply #8 on: April 19, 2015, 02:01:25 PM »
A little off topic, but I have had this Compass for a long time, I believe it belongs to a ship. Perhaps Chinese or Japanese, any help with age or where it went?



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Re: Cool piece of history-Spitfire compass
« Reply #9 on: April 19, 2015, 02:40:23 PM »
The characters look Chinese more than Japanese, but that is perhaps due to a lack of Hiragana characters.  It is most likely Chinese, but could be Japanese with just Kanji.  Usually in Japanese you have a mix of Kanji and Hiragana and Hiragana are very simple compared to Kanji or Chinese characters.
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Re: Cool piece of history-Spitfire compass
« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2015, 09:10:30 AM »
Mav...from pics I've seen...horizontal.
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