navigational computer set: Pan-American Navigation Service

Date:1950s
Medium:Cardboard, plastic, metal, paper, ink
Credit Line: Gift of Jon E. Krupnick
Accession Number:2022.124.781 a d
Dimensions:6 1/2 x 5 x 1/4 inches (16.5 x 12.7 x .6 cm)
Collection:Aviation Museum
Category:Equipment
Manufacturer :Pan American Navigation Service
airline: Pan American World Airways
company: Pan American World Airways
Description

Navigational computer set manufactured by Pan-American Navigation Service in multiple part: a. white circular time/speed/distance computer with rotating discs; b. yellow ruler with altitude and flight information; c. black case with snap closure; d. paper insert with instructions.

Similar objects

The following are SFO Museum Aviation Collection object images whose mathematical representations are similar to this image. These representations are referred to as vector embeddings and were derived using a series of different machine-learning models. The definition of similar in the eyes of any given machine-learning model is often opaque, typically mysterious and sometimes incorrect. As such these objects are included because they are generally similar in nature, or spirit, and as a way to help you discover things in our collection which you might have otherwise missed.

There are 3 images of this object which means there are 3 sets of related object images to see. You can use the ← and → arrow keys on your keyboard to navigate between related object images (instead of having to advance the image carousel above to update related objects).

URL
IIIF Manifest
If you would like to embed this object in your own website click to expand If you would like embed this object in to your own website copy and paste the following markup: 
<div id="sfomuseum-image-1881093435" class="sfomuseum-image" style="max-width:640px; margin:auto 0;">	 
  <a href="https://collection.sfomuseum.org/objects/1846765581/"><img src="https://static.sfomuseum.org/media/188/109/343/5/1881093435_XlIF8m7cvLfnefiURe1XdN8YJh9HD3Fj_z.jpg" alt="navigational computer set: Pan-American Navigation Service" /></a>
  <div id="sfomuseum-image-caption-1881093435" class="sfomuseum-image-caption" style="margin-top:1rem; font-style:italic;">
    <div><strong>Navigational computer set: Pan-American Navigation Service</strong> 1950s</div>
    <div>Gift of Jon E. Krupnick</div>
    <div>Collection of SFO Museum <a href="https://collection.sfomuseum.org/objects/1846765581/">2022.124.781 a d</a></div>
  </div>
</div>
If you would like to cite this object in Wikipedia click to expand If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://collection.sfomuseum.org/objects/1846765581/ |title=navigational computer set: Pan-American Navigation Service |author=San Francisco International Airport Museum |accessdate=15 January 2026 |publisher=San Francisco International Airport Museum}}
Comments and Suggestions click to expand