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Re: First South Atlantic aerial crossing by sextant!
From: Dale Lichtblau
Date: 2025 Aug 2, 14:03 -0700
From: Dale Lichtblau
Date: 2025 Aug 2, 14:03 -0700
Hauled out my 1929 C Plath (Nr. 12235) yesterday. Then discovered that "Captain Wittenman navigated the Graf Zeppelin around the world in 1929 using such a sextant. The sextant was shown at the 1930 Berlin Airshow...." Do you think he used one with an AH or did he know his EH?
