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An astrodome on a Douglas C-47, circa 1944.
A navigator making sightings from the nose of a U.S. Navy Douglas PD-1.
Harry H. Crosby wore this insignia during his service with the 8th Air Force.
SECOR, a satellite used as part of a U.S. Army experimental navigation system.
Ernest L. Smith and navigator Emory B. Bronte of the first civilian flight from the U.S. mainland to the Hawaiian Islands.
The certification set for the first GPS receiver certified for use under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR).
Gekkos, Malaysia (Gehyra vorax, Gekko indicus,Naultinus punctatus)
A post-war periscopic sextant often mounted this type of watch.
Presented by President Herbert Hoover at the White House on August 18, 1932.
After the harrowing losses of 1943, Crosby and his fellow crew members found less opposition in 1944 and 1945. However, navigational challenges increased as missions moved deeper into central Europe.
