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1931 South Atlantic crossing from Orbetello to Rio de Janiero, Green Squadron, S.I.A.I. S.55X "I-CALO"
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Used in pioneering trans-Pacific airline service by Pan American Airways.
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Instructor for Weems System of Navigation
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Navigator for 1930 first heavier-than-air westbound transatlantic crossing to North America, by Dieudonné Costes in Breguet XIX TF Super Bidon "Point d'Interrogation (Question Mark)"
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Using a sextant to find a Sun line of position.
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Used for plotting on larger aircraft, such as bombers and transports.
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This mid-1950s era VOR receiver helped usher in a new era of all-weather navigation capability for light aircraft at moderate cost.
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Cmdr. John Rodgers and his crew spent nine days adrift at sea in this aircraft after failing to rendezvous with a refueling ship.
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Aircraft equipment receives microwave signals to create an image of ground features from signal time delays.
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The U.S. Navy’s Curtiss NC-4 flying boat made the first crossing of the Atlantic by air in 1919.
