Control Wheel / Yoke, Douglas DC-6 T-33 thus instructing the Trainer to

thus instructing the Trainer to position the guns accordingly

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and a "displaced center" scan with vertex of the sweep starting at or even below the bottom of the cathode ray tube

One of the mounts on the left side appears to have been slightly damaged during removal

Would have been used in ground installations (as opposed to use within aircraft

Control Wheel / Yoke, Douglas DC-6 T-33 thus instructing the Trainer toThis is a Control Wheel (aka Yoke) from the Douglas DC 6 commercial airliner. The Douglas DC 6 is a piston powered airliner and transport aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1946 to 1958. At the top of each end of the wheel are receptacles for the spring loaded button switches, one for Autopilot Release and the other for Hydraulic Panel Lights. The black paint shows wear from use. It is in reasonably good condition given its age.