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Gosport Tube

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A Gosport Tube was a voice tube used by flight instructors in the early days of military aviation to give instructions and directions to their students. It was invented by flying instructor Robert Raymond Smith-Barry at the School of Special Flying he opened at Gosport in 1917.

Donated by Maj. John P. Wheelihan, USAFR (Ret.).

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