An Accurate Timepiece for the Air Navigation age

Whilst Santos-Dumont had flown with his famous Cartier watch in 1906, there was a limited ...

Harold Gatty Weems Wiley Post round the world

Harold Gatty – Round the World Navigator

After Howard Hughes’ world circling flight of 1938, he proclaimed to Harold Gatty, pioneer, ‘Greetings ...

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The Hour-angle watch – a “Lindbergh”

The speed of the plane brought complex new navigational challenges. When traveling at 200 miles ...

Colonel Roscoe Turner

Roscoe Turner Speed Flyer

Roscoe Turner speed flyer states in We Saw it Happen that ‘we must remain supreme ...

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John P.V. Heinmuller – “Aero One”

John P.V. Heinmuller, who acquired the title “Aero One” would go on to become the ...

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Technology in Aviation Time Pieces

In the beginning Early pilots used dead reckoning to arrive at their destination From dead ...