Originally Posted by
Fareastdriver
Green Satin was a steam driven navigation system in the Valiant. It presented a series of clicking numbers over which the Nav Plotter chanted incarnations. The driving force was a series of gyros spinning in all directions inside an airtight container which was within kicking distance of the pilots when they climbed upstairs to the cockpit.
Once seated the LHS pilot had another useless piece of kit called Orange Putter. This was supposed to warn you of aircraft approaching from astern. In all my years of tanking it never picked anything up.
Not gyros, but a set of 2 Phonic wheels. Used to fix these in the late 80 when I was at Wyton as used on the Victors based at Marham. Also fixed the Blue Silk variant that was used on the Canberras