instrument board
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Signals on the instrument board will tell the pilot whether the block ahead is clear and whether the next plane behind him is treading on his tail.
From Time Magazine Archive
Next day Ole Miss got into a serious jam when a radio short circuit set the instrument board afire.
From Time Magazine Archive
If a safe but bumpy landing should put the signal into operation, a red light on his instrument board warns a pilot to release the pendulum switch.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is as smooth as oil, so nearly vibrationless that sometimes a special gadget is installed to tap on the instrument board and keep the plane's instruments from sticking.
From Time Magazine Archive
I remember the dazing blow of the instrument board as my head had snapped forward against it from the sudden lurch of the midair failure, and dimly then the slow, limp slumping into unconsciousness.
From Test Pilot by Jimmy Collins
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