G'day All!
I had a PM from Doug enquiring about what instrument a pilot would have had in WW1.
So subscribing to the theory that One Picture is worth a Thousand Words I sent him these 2 images & then thought perhaps others might enjoy them. They are from the Jom Guttman Osprey Duel series book.
Earlier Aircraft (these are from 1917) would have had far less . Usually only Compass, Rev Counter, Clock & Altimeter of some sort.

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