Jim Wilson writes:

 > What information that I am aware of would indicate an "RMI".
 > Correct me if I'm wrong but these RMI units had a dial/card/rose
 > attached to a gyro and thus operated like the gyro compass on the
 > hsi.  The large arrow was ADF and the small arrow pointed toward a
 > VOR transmitter.  But my understanding is VOR is post-WWII.  Of
 > course it is possible that the D/K series was fitted post WWII with
 > these, but I have yet to find a picture of a cockpit not refitted
 > with modern G/A that doesn't have this instrument.

A double ADF indicator would make a fair bit of sense -- with
primitive equipment and no navigator, the pilot workload would be
fairly high, and two needles would help a lot for triangulating a
position (especially if the pilot would otherwise have to reach behind
the seat to change frequencies).


All the best,


David

-- 
David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/

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