I picked up this VOR indicator at a gun show in Dallas a while back. I'm trying to get some info on it, mainly to try and figure out what kind of plane it might have been installed in.

The stamp on top says "6 JUIL 1973".
Below that there is a sticker that says:
"<BL> Brion, Leroux Paris
No 708
Type 3874M
Ref (blank) V (blank)
Date 12 66 Cle <BL>"

Then a riveted tag that says:
"S.T.T.A
ID-71-(some ground out digit) then scratched in: B
Marche 65-80277 No Sie 598
Cle D Fin Recette 30.12.66
No 1157 Socrate"

On the front the OBS **** says "Tirez", I ran it through a French translator, came back as "Draw". The OBS **** is pull to adjust, not push to adjust. The selector around the OBS **** toggles the indicator in the gauge from AUTO to ILS.

The back has some odd connector as seen in the pictures, covered by a metallic screw on cover. It looks like a screwdriver would allow you to tighten and loosen it, perhaps for a ground?

The main connector is a 32-pin plug, has alphanumeric numbers around the pins, the "grooves" to make the plug only accept a certain type of hookup are one large one at the top, two smaller ones right next to each other on the lower-left, and two smaller ones farther apart on the bottom right.

Thank you all for any help you can provide:

 

looks like a military box, tags look similar to the ones we had on our p3 but im not positive. also US sold a bunch of them to european contries. ill have to wait till tommarow to call an old friend to see what he thinks but it might be hard with the numbers not being the same.

 

Looks like a Gyro Compass to me, but it has been about 40 years since I have seen one.
The connectors on the back were called Cannon Plugs.

 

Its definitely a VOR - LOC/GS indicator.

 

Thanks littleme13, that'd be great if your friend knows anything about it. I as well through it looked like a military unit (definitly doesn't look like anything in our planes). If there's anything else I can do to help him out, let me know.

I got it from an older gentlemen who said he had bought it from a pilot friend. He had no idea on it's history other than the dates stamped on top.

Chug, thanks for the name of the plugs, I always wondered that.

Thanks for the help guys, hope to hear even more soon.

 

found a matching ADF, a little before my time, but from what I gathered they were used in the French Air Force's CM-170 \ CM 170-2 Fouga Magister Twin jet trainers a.k.a. (flying School houses) and some Rotorcraft. First flight of the CM 170 was flown on July 23 1952 and was the world's first jet powered trainer.

 

Very cool, thanks for that CretePumper. Good info, cool looking ADF as well. Nice to get some history on the unit itself.

 

sorry ranger my friend couldnt find anything but hes one of those guys that if he doesnt know off the top of his head where to look he wont dig for anything. im still waiting on an email from one other who is a electrical engineer for the military to see if he has anything more.

tony

 

Here's a jumpseat shot of the panel of the CM-170/ FM-67, this is the Finn set-up Localizer is situated on top left of panel French set-up is LOC on bottom right, I'm guessing.



another set-up LOC on bottom right


Perhaps you may find this interesting, a little history of the CM-170

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fouga_Magister

 

Thank you both. That's some pretty good info on the CM-170. Nice to know at least some history on where the unit could have come from. It does bear some resemblence to the unit in that picture, so I figure it's probably a later model since the plane was made for so long.