Inverter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1955
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.1092.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Avro Aircraft Ltd.
- MODEL
- Power Box Telecomm
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 2
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- Inverter box telecom
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Box is made of wood with metal handle and grills. Box is sealed and interior contents are unknown.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Aircraft parts
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Avro
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Manufactured November 4, 1955
- Canada
-
As per curatorial worksheet "This object is a part of the history of one of the most historically significant Canadian aircraft manufacturers, Avro Canada. Avro was the high-tech aircraft manufacturer in Canada and its legacy in this country is almost with parallel. This inverter, dated November 1955 with its low serial number, indicates that it could be a part destined for one of two aircraft built by Avro, the CF-100 Canuck Mk. 5 or the CF-105 Arrow Mk. 1. The CF-100 was among the most successful all-weather fighter/interceptors of its time and is the only Canadian-designed fighter to be mass-produced. The Avro Arrow was the first and last supersonic aircraft to be designed and built in the country. Its cancellation in 1959 has remained controversial and contributed to a long-lasting mythology surrounding the aircraft." - Function
-
Power inverter for aircraft telecom systems. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Mfr's plate reads "PART NO. 22026 J1/ DESCRIPTION POWER BOX TELECOMM/ INSP. [Q.C./ R.C.A.F. 482 [within logo] DATE NOV 4[/]55/ SERIAL #2/ AVRO AIRCRAFT LIMITED/ [Avro wing logo]". Stenciled print on top "INVERTER BOX TELECOMM/ UNIT NO 2/ J22026". Stenciled on both long side reads "INVERTER BOX TELECOMM/ J22026/ LENGTH 3' 6"/ WIDTH 1' 8"/ HEIGHT 1' 5"/ CUBAGE 8.2 CU FT/ WEIGHT 109 LBS/ BASE AREA 5.8 SQ FT/ UNIT NO 2". Stenciled in red "C OF G".
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- Greyish wooden box with metal handles and grills on either end. Black stencilled markings and black and silver metal mfr's plate.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Avro Aircraft Ltd., Inverter, 1955, Artifact no. 1966.1092, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.1092.001/
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