Originally Posted by
thawes
B-36 Flight Engineers earned their pay in those days. Have a look at the F/E's engine panel - 12-across x 5-down, that's 60 dials at least to watch.
I think those dials could be rotated so that the needles would all sit at the same angle. Once everything was stable with say one temp slightly high another slightly low etc, once lined up you could see any variation at a glance.