Can anyone please tell me what this is from?
It looks like it's military. I have a few panels that came with this and gauges (not if it's a b-16)
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Can anyone please tell me what this is from?
It looks like it's military. I have a few panels that came with this and gauges (not if it's a b-16)
The shape makes it clear that this is from a single seater or tandem aircraft. This makes a glider very likely, which is supported by the "Vario" engraving over the column of small holes on the bottom right.
A little googling then brings me to this page and the assumption that this panel is from a Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus, Serial No. 176. The plane was badly damaged at Minisink, NY on October 23, 1976 in a botched landing and consequently written off. At that time it was registered as N11JY.
Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus (picture source)
Standard Cirrus instrument panel (picture source)
It has the legend "Vario", short for variometer stenciled on it and it looks very much like the panel from a Cirrus sailplane.
Source. Standard Cirrus