Need info on this airplane part

[frenchy]

Hello !
I got this today and i was wondering if it was part of a specific airplane or if it was common for any RCAF plane . It's dated 1953 and any info or picture from a plane where it could be in would be appreciated . and the value of this could be ?
Thanks

[frenchy]

Nobody ?
Frenchy

[Patgore]

Hi, Frenchy:

Gyrocompass from a Sabre fighter, an early jet, in service from 1949 to 1994 (in Bolivian air force).

Gyrocompass was non-magnetic and so could be used in the Arctic, unlike the old-fashioned magnetic variety.

As this is post-Korean War, it would be worth less than wartime item, but it's still interesting and there are collectors out there.

Good luck with it.

Pat