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Periscopic Sextant. Henry Hughes and Son
From: Douglas Denny
Date: 2009 Jul 2, 16:07 -0700
From: Douglas Denny
Date: 2009 Jul 2, 16:07 -0700
For your information. --------------------- Further to researches into Mr. P.F. Everitt of Henry Hughes and Son: ------------- The presicopic sextant invented by Mr. Everitt was displayed for the first time at the S.B.A.S. show in 1948. BOAC had them fitted to the 22 Canadait fours aircraft for the Atlantic and Middle East routes. ref:- http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1948/1948%20-%201835.html ---------------- I have an example of a perscopic sextant by HH and Sons. The early ones had an external clockwork averager like the MkIX. Mine has an electrical internal device. Douglas Denny. Chichester. England. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
