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This object is on display in Boeing Aviation Hangar at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.
Italy
INSTRUMENTS-Navigational
Central Aeronautico Instituto
Crocco drift indicator; 280mm wide, 500mm long, 215mm high; c.1917.
Approximate: 35.6 × 81.3cm (14 × 32 in.)
Aluminum alloy, steel, paint, glass, liquid in levels (mineral oil), black plastic (phenolic resin), grease pencil
A19570241000
Transferred from the Department of Commerce
National Air and Space Museum
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