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Sextant used on Graf Zeppelin
From: Geoffrey Kolbe
Date: 2010 Feb 13, 20:10 +0000
From: Geoffrey Kolbe
Date: 2010 Feb 13, 20:10 +0000
I have just been watching a documentary about the flight of the Graf Zeppelin around the world in 1929. I managed to capture this image http://www.pisces-press.com/images/sextant_on_Graf_Zeppelin.jpg of a sight being taken from the wheelhouse of the ship. I would welcome an identification of the sextant. It looks like a marine sextant with a bubble attachment. Thanks Geoffrey