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The Astroinertial Navigation System provided rapid celestial navigation fixes for the SR-71.

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Lindbergh carried (but did not use) a drift meter like this on his flight to Paris in the Spirit of St. Louis.

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Lindbergh relied on this type of compass in the Spirit of St. Louis to maintain course on the way to Paris until it malfunctioned.

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This octant was used by the Lindberghs in the Tingmissartoq.

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Harold Gatty designed this drift indicator in 1930 and used it on his 1931 around-the-world flight with Wiley Post in the Winnie Mae.

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