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As it appears to be starting at nearly mach 1.5, perhaps it is a deliberately over-calibrated Jaguar one to lull the pilot into a false sense of speed. 
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I would have thought Concorde as I seem to remember it was capable of about Mach 2.2
Have a look at the connection(s). If it's purely electric, as I suspect, then I would second the suggestion of a simulator/trainer instrument. I don't think a type from the late '60s would have had a centralised Air Data Computer yet.
Err FWIW the F4 first flew in ‘58......but yes I do recall it having a “CADC” or something similar, though I can’t remember the details and I wonder if it was mostly analogue in nature...
As for the instrument in question in the OP I do recall the previously mentioned AI trainers at Coningsby having a somewhat interesting instrument “set”, with the gauges at the pilot’s station having little in common with what was on the actual airframes, so I suppose it’s as good a guess as to origins as any others so far.
As for the instrument in question in the OP I do recall the previously mentioned AI trainers at Coningsby having a somewhat interesting instrument “set”, with the gauges at the pilot’s station having little in common with what was on the actual airframes, so I suppose it’s as good a guess as to origins as any others so far.
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The other day I accidentally caught a few seconds of a programme about the development of the Vulcan by Avro. Appalling film quality, but one brief section showed a wind-tunnel test rig with a very similar looking instrument on the panel.
(PS Roly Falk test flying wearing a lounge suit, shirt and tie!!).
(PS Roly Falk test flying wearing a lounge suit, shirt and tie!!).
