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Moving map flight visualiser from the 60's

Hi all!
Has anyone seen one of these or the like before?
Searching the net turned up nothing so I thought I would post it up here.
Made around the early to mid 60's, the pathfinder uses clear and pre printed strip charts. The pre printed ones are for inter-US destinations only. The 6 foot clear ones are used for tracing over maps and have a printed distance grid and boxes for the pertinent information needed.
It runs on 2 D-cells and can handle speeds up to 250 MPH.
Thompson Designs Inc seem to be no longer around, maybe they were brought out or just faded away after the cold war? I just cant find anything...
Any info would be great!
Regards, Stephen.





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