US Patent 2008734 covers all, or does it?
The “Spirit and Scope of my invention” are the words Philip Van Horn Weems used ...
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 – Round the World Navigator
After Howard Hughes’ world circling flight of 1938, he proclaimed to Harold Gatty, pioneer, ‘Greetings ...
The Hour-angle watch – a “Lindbergh”
The speed of the plane brought complex new navigational challenges. When traveling at 200 miles ...
Roscoe Turner Speed Flyer
Roscoe Turner speed flyer states in We Saw it Happen that ‘we must remain supreme ...
John P.V. Heinmuller – “Aero One”
John P.V. Heinmuller, who acquired the title “Aero One” would go on to become the ...
Technology in Aviation Time Pieces
In the beginning Early pilots used dead reckoning to arrive at their destination From dead ...