doll's eye
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Noun edit
- (aviation, often attributive) A magnetic indicator in the cockpit that turns white in the event of a problem.
- 1996, North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Advisory Group for Aeronautical Research and Development, AGARDograph, volume 286, page 58:
- A standard NGL flow sensor at the inlet to the pressure demand regulator operated a doll's eye indicator […]
- 2006, Brian Mercer, Black Arrow Blue Diamond:
- Eric Bennett showed me around the cockpit and off I went on a familiarization flight and I was very impressed. […] On the right-hand side of the cockpit were two switches and two 'doll's eye' indicators.
- 2012, Rowland White, Vulcan 607, page 419:
- The doors locked into position either side of the rows of bombs like a dog baring its teeth and a magnetic doll's-eye indicator in the cockpit flicked from black to white.