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Re: Wisconsin Maritime Museum
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2009 Nov 9, 21:53 -0800
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2009 Nov 9, 21:53 -0800
We just visited the Maritime Museum in Lisbon and they have many nav instruments including the actual bubble sextant invented by Gago Cotinho and used by him on the first flight across the south Atlantic in 1922. He used the "single LOP landfall procedure" to find the tiny Peter and Paul's rocks. This technique is usually attributed to Chichester for his 1931 flight across the Tasman Sea. They also have the aircraft used by Cotinho on this flight. gl On Nov 10, 3:11�am, P Hwrote: > In the past Pulkovo was used to define the Russian version of the Prime Meridian. > > Peter Hakel > > ________________________________ > From: "in...@yahoo.com" > To: NavList@fer3.com > Sent: Mon, November 9, 2009 6:32:30 PM > Subject: [NavList 10529] Re: Wisconsin Maritime Museum > > YesFrank, I saw quite a lot of navigational instrumentsover there. �It preserved some pretty old "tools" from 18 century Russian ships. �It was years ago when I visited it, but the collection was enormous. �If you consider that there were no more than 10 years in 1000 years of Russian history without some, �from medium -to-full force, military conflict you can imagine how many artifacts were and I hope are still available for exposition. � Next to this Museum is one of the oldest, and really the oldest Navy academy, Nahimov's Naval Academy �(Nahimov-famous Russan Admiral). �So I wouldn't be surprised that Navy cadets are getting a lot of tours in that museum. > > Another thing you may consider while visiting St. Petersburg (I lived there for some time years ago) is Pulkov Observatory. �It is very famous , at least in Europe, Old Observatory. �I'm not sure they permit organized tours, but who knows... times changed. > > Please let me know if you want more outdated ;> info regarding Leningrad-St. Petersburg. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NavList message boards: www.fer3.com/arc Or post by email to: NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList+@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---