A grasshopper is a spring loaded clip attached to a wire for grounding an aircraft during refueling operations.

Aluminum Direction Bombs are containers of aluminum powder to be dropped onto the surface of the water as a target for a drift meter so that a navigator can judge wind direction and speed.

A Vibracorder is a time recording device initiated by vibration. In the days before recording tachometers, Vibracorders were often used in aircraft to keep track of engine time.

A steamer rug is a lap blanket, first used on steamship line deck chairs, to ward off chills.

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