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Most navigators in the Army Air Forces started as pilot cadets who “washed out” of pilot training, often in a PT-17, such as the one seen here. Good math skills were considered essential for those who made the transition to navigator.
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Bombs fall on Dresden, February 15, 1945.
Artifact
A maritime sextant with a special bubble attachement to the eyepiece to aid in establishing a horizon in aeronautical use, circa 1919.
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A bronze replica of Sydney the dog, which resides in the Time and Navigation exhibition.
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A bronze replica of Sydney the dog, which resides in the Time and Navigation exhibition.
Artifact
Weems used this sextant in training Charles Lindbergh and Lincoln Ellsworth.
Artifact
A shortcut method of speeding up celestial computations.
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It contained a crystal ocillator and was key to the LORAN system.
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1931 South Atlantic crossing from Orbetello to Rio de Janiero, Red Squadron, S.I.A.I. S.55X "I-MARI"
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1931 South Atlantic crossing from Orbetello to Rio de Janiero, Green Squadron, S.I.A.I. S.55X "I-DINI"
