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Re: Navigation errors and Sahara crash 1952
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2015 May 30, 13:13 -0700
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2015 May 30, 13:13 -0700
Gary,
This accident of navigation that resulted in a ditching in the Sahara would make for a fantastic movie.
Greg Rudzinski
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2015 May 30, 12:26 -0700You said that you didn't need to identify the star when using a periscopic sextant. The attached accident report might change your mine about that.
gl
Attached File:
f2-G-ALDN-26-May-1952-report.pdf (no preview available)
