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The pilot had to hold the control stick under the table while plotting with his other hand.
An astrodome provided an enclosed area from which a navigator could take sightings.
Navigator Albert Hegenberger facing rear and behind a semi-protective windscreen while making his celestial sightings.
The first LORAN receiver for aircraft use to enter service.
Arthur Goebel's Travel Air 5000 Woolaroc.
An astrodome provided an enclosed area from which a navigator could take sightings.
After her near-miraculous rescue in the middle of the Atlantic, Elder took to Vaudeville at an extravagant salary. A movie dramatization of "The American Girl's" flight fell through, but Elder landed starring roles in two Hollywood features and soon amassed a fortune of $250,000. Unfortunately, her fame faded quickly and other female aviators with more experience quickly eclipsed her. By the late 1930s, she was largely forgotten until salacious details from one of her divorce proceedings would again appear in the papers.
One of the first effective models of bubble sextant for aeronautical use.
A maritime sextant with a special bubble attachement to the eyepiece to aid in establishing a horizon in aeronautical use, circa 1919.
It contained a crystal ocillator and was key to the LORAN system.
