Seattle Celebrates 100th Anniversary Of The 1st Round the World Flight
Between September 27 and September 30, various Seattle historical groups and The Museum of Flight held a celebration ...
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5 Technologies That Changed Exploration Forever
Coupled with a precise chronometer and a sight reduction table with published values, the information provided the latitude of the sextant's user, accurate to a few hundred meters. The device looks ...
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Inertial sensors are “stepping up” their game, at a cost
It can deliberately be “denied” when it’s subject to basic jamming, which makes it unavailable. Worse, it can be spoofed with ...
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Four Points of the Compass — how north, south, east and west defined the world
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “My feelings have been oriented by the compass as far back as I can remember,” wrote poet WH Auden in 1947.
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Captain William Sinker and officers using navigational sextants on the Southern Cross, 1906 / J.W. Beattie
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The Boston Globe27d
A quick diagnosis leads Belmont Hill to season-opening ISL7 win at St. Sebastian’s
NEEDHAM –– Belmont Hill defensive back Nick Pellagrini saw St. Sebastian’s quarterback Ty Ciongoli plant his back foot. Pellagrini made his move. The senior cut around the back of receiver ...