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Film
Length: 17 Minutes, 22 Seconds
Photograph
The typically austere conditions present at many remote LORAN stations during World War II.
Artifact
The Mark 3 Plotting Board was used in single-seat aircraft flying in the Pacific.
Artifact
The Mark IIB Pelorus drift sight was lighter than most drift sights, but required more work to use.
Artifact
Widely used by navigators in the Navy during World War II and the early Cold War.
Photograph
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)"
Artifact
Cmdr. John Rodgers and his crew spent nine days adrift at sea in this aircraft after failing to rendezvous with a refueling ship.
Artifact
The U.S. Navy’s Curtiss NC-4 flying boat made the first crossing of the Atlantic by air in 1919.
Photograph
The PN-9 after "sailing" to Hawaii.
Illustration
LORAN receivers picked up signals that were either broadcast directly from stations as "ground waves" or reflected as "sky waves".
