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Re: The Bygrave
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2009 Jul 6, 20:10 -0700
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2009 Jul 6, 20:10 -0700
Gary, you wrote: "It appears that Bygrave also came up with the idea for the "slaved gyro" which is in common use in almost all planes with more than about six seats." Yes, he seems to have been involved in all sorts of interesting projects. Did you come across the descriptions of his experiments with a bubble sextant aboard the airship R-33? Apparently his results were comparable in accuracy to land-based observations with the same instrument: LOPs accurate to about +/-2 miles. -FER --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
