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- Topic: Navigating In The Air
This 1933 computer solved wind drift and time-speed-distance problems.
The Azores have long been a popular way station for transatlantic flights.
Matthew Fontaine Maury is the father of modern hydrography in the United States Navy.
Elder’s intended course and where she actual ended up were considerably different.
U.S. Navy hydrographers computed an alternate course for Elder and Haldeman after they disappeared.
Advertising poster showcasing the importance of overseas flight.
Dieudonné Costes and his co-pilot, Joseph Le Brix, in Costes' Breguet Bre. 19 A2 Nungesser-Coli.
These tools were critical for quickly accessing distances and plotting courses.
The rugged "whale" was perhaps the most internationally popular of the interwar flying boats for transoceanic flights and polar exploration.
