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Re: Navigation errors and Sahara crash 1952
From: David Pike
Date: 2015 Jun 3, 01:17 -0700
From: David Pike
Date: 2015 Jun 3, 01:17 -0700
Gary wrote: The azimuth scale on your mount looks a lot easier to use than the Kollsman with its "inverse relative bearing" layout. I have no idea why kollsman made it so complicated.
I've no idea, but possibly to get around existing patents. If you want real Brit ingenuity, ask me one day how Hughes managed to bend light from the sextant to illuminate the watch on the Navigator's wrist. D
