Imperial Japanese Navy’s Air Service Seikosha “Air Soldier” – Tensoku Dokei 天測時計
Wartime aviation was a dangerous pursuit for all involved, leaving little room for error with ...
The stroke of midnight…the Glycine Pumpkin SST
Few have missed the story of Cinderella returning home too late and turning into a ...
US Naval Academy Weems…A Rare Breed & Pedigree
There are a few unique survivors from the golden age of 1930’s aviation. The US ...
The Imperial Japanese Navy ‘Air Soldier’ Weems
The “King of Timepieces in the East,” [1]was Kintaro Hattori, who began importing Swiss and ...
Italo Balbo, Italian Hero & Trans-Continental Star
Credited with the reconstruction of the Regia Aeronautica, Italo Balbo is considered one of Italy’s ...
A rare breed indeed.. the wee Hour-angle
John P.V. Heinmuller recalls in his book that ‘The hearts of all civilization beat faster ...
Sidereal or Star time….twinkle, twinkle…
Lindbergh stated, “I consider celestial navigation necessary to future aviation”.[1] The “Lindbergh Boom”[2] that followed ...
The Ultimate Stars – Sidereal timepieces
Weems stated, “It is perhaps fortunate that timepieces were developed before radio, or else extremely ...
‘Lucky Lindy’…1920’s Holy Grail & beyond
Perhaps more than any other, Lindbergh captured the quintessential American dream within this Golden Age ...