Multimedia Gallery
- Navigation Methods: Celestial Navigation
Parrots, Fiji (Aprosmicturs splendens, Aprosmictus personatus)
A leading American innovator in the field of celestial navigation from the 1920s to the 1960s, particularly in the areas of aeronautics and spaceflight.
Celestial navigation innovator and instructor
This octant was used by the Lindberghs in the Tingmissartoq.
Pipe, Oregon Territory
A sketch by Charles Wilkes during the U.S. Exploring Expedition.
Pontella, Indian Ocean (Pontella speciosa, Pontella detonsa ?, Pontella princeps, Pontella fera, Pontella valida)
A Mercury astronaut used this mechanical device to determine his position relative to the Earth below.
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.
Sextant, made by Jesse Ramsden, last quarter of 18th century.
