Cockpit Stack
[Placeholder museum] Demonstration collection with sample catalogue information; not a verified real-world museum. Aircraft communication and navigation radios pulled from airframes across four decades — from wartime command sets to early VOR/ILS receivers.
The catalogue
1943 · Bendix
SCR-522 VHF Command Set
Four-channel crystal controlled VHF set fitted to Spitfires, Mustangs and countless jeeps. The channel selector is a joy of mechanical engineering.
1944 · Western
ARC-5 “Command Set” Receiver
The receiver that launched a thousand ham conversions. Surplus by the crate-load in 1946 and beloved ever since.
1938 · Bendix
Bendix RA-10 Aircraft Receiver
Prewar airline radio compass receiver, all cast housings and turned aluminium. Built when an airliner cockpit was a workshop.
1974 · King
King KX-170B NAV/COM
The radio in half the general aviation panels of the 1970s. Green-lit, unfussy and remarkably reliable.
1941 · Marconi
Marconi AD-307 Headset
Leather-and-bakelite flying helmet headset. Impedance so high it whispers, comfort so low you remember every hour of the flight.