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Ruth Elder was an aviatrix of the 1920s and 1930s who attempted a transatlantic flight with George Haldeman in 1927.
Snakes, South America (Callirhinus patagoniensis, Dendrophis prasinus)
Terrence Tully and navigator James V. Medcalf
Josiah Perkins Creesy, Jr. commanded the ship, and, uncommon for the time, his wife Eleanor navigated. As a child in Massachusetts, she had learned navigation skills from her seafaring father.
Route map created by Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh after their flight in the Tingmissartoq.
She served as an instructor at the U.S. Naval Reserve Air Auxiliary Station at Camp Kearney, California.
Length: 43 Minutes, 51 Seconds
Viking ship discovered in a burial mound at Gokstad, Norway.
Naval aviators had unique navigational challenges in the expansive environment of the Pacific theater.
William S. "Billy" Brock and Edward F. Schlee.
