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The typically austere conditions present at many remote LORAN stations during World War II.
The control tower at Los Angeles International Airport is one part of a complex system of air navigation and traffic control.
Lt. Harry Crosby shortly before he deployed to England for combat in B-17 bombers with the 100th Bomb Group of the Eighth Air Force.
The Mark 3 Plotting Board was used in single-seat aircraft flying in the Pacific.
The Mark IIB Pelorus drift sight was lighter than most drift sights, but required more work to use.
Widely used by navigators in the Navy during World War II and the early Cold War.
Used in pioneering trans-Pacific airline service by Pan American Airways.
Cmdr. John Rodgers and his crew spent nine days adrift at sea in this aircraft after failing to rendezvous with a refueling ship.
