Control yoke, commemorative
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Airplane/mounted/commemorative
- DATE
- 1964
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0920.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Douglas Aircraft Co.
- MODEL
- DC-8-54
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Yoke is made of unidentified non-ferrous metal; plastic hub; wooden plaque; brass plate.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 54.0 cm
- Width
- 30.8 cm
- Height
- 14.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Aircraft parts
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Douglas
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- The DC-8 from which this yoke was removed entered Air Canada service in 1964; G.R. McGregor retired in May 1968.
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
The control yoke moves the ailerons to control the roll & pitch of the airplane; this yoke was mounted on a plaque and presented to Gordon Roy McGregor on his retirement as President of Air Canada. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Lettering on hub reads: "DC-8"; lettering on plate reads: "THIS CONTROL WHEEL FLEW IN THE/RIGHT HAND POSITION OF A/C 816 FOR A/TOTAL OF 14,322 FLYING HOURS./A/C 816 IS A DC8-54 MODEL/BEARING REGISTRATION CF-TJP/AND ENTERED AIR CANADA SERVICE/MARCH-25-1964"; lettering on adhesive label affixed to back of plaque reads: "ARCHIVES/Contents/DC-8 control yoke/presented to/G.R. McGregor/on his retirement/May 1968/Accession Number/[blank]/Location/[blank]".
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Yoke is black with white buttons & letttering; hub is light blue with gold lettering under clear window. Plaque is dark brown wood grain with brass plate.
- Decoration
- None.
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Douglas Aircraft Co., Control yoke, commemorative, circa 1964, Artifact no. 1991.0920, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0920.001/
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