> On Jun 2, 2016, at 1:11 PM, Rod Smallwood <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi All > > I saw a video about the systems used in 1950's and 1960's bombers > for navigation and bomb aiming. > > I think they could be classed as a computer even lacking a stored program. I > just wondered if anybody had collected or restored such equipment. > > I once heard an old retired SAC US Air force guy describe them as a "box of > cogs". Boy was he right
I don't know the air craft kind, but the Navy used analog computers for gunnery. There's an excellent training film online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1i-dnAH9Y4 paul
