Fuel Flow

The measurement of fuel flow and fuel quantity is important for achieving the flight plan. In addition transfer of fuel from one tank to another may be important to maintain...

General Purpose Computer

These Computers are used in a miscellany of tasks which do not fit the primary categories. The earliest units are the Elliott 920 which was used in avionic and army systems....

Gun Sight

A Gunsight is an optical device used to assist the pilot in weapon aiming. Initially they would have little more than an illuminated aiming cross for more accurate air to...

Gyro

The gyroscopes used in older control and guidance systems are ’spinning rotor’ types as they exploit the angular momentum of a spinning rotor to sense angular...

Head Down Display

These are displays located in the cockpit such that the pilot has to look down to the instrument panel to observe them. They are distinguished from the instruments in that...

Head Up Display

The Head Up Display was developed to present flight information to the pilot overlaid on the view of the outside world and correctly aligned to it. This allows the pilot to...

Helmet Mounted Display

The HMD provides similar functions as the Head Up Display but can do so over a wide field of regard because the display is mounted on or is integrated into the pilot’s...

Inertial Platform

The measurement of the aircraft’s attitude with respect to the horizontal plane in respect of the pitch and bank angles and its heading, that is the direction in which...

Instruments

The Collection has a substantial number of these because it was a major part of the Elliott business. Instruments display one or more discrete parameters such as Altitude,...

Memorabilia

These are a mix of odd items such as coffee mugs or pen sets produced to commemorate events in the life of the company. In addition there are objects that simply do not...