Great story, Jay. It's funny how many ways there are to meet interesting
people. Last year I was on ebay bidding on a sextant for celestial
navigation. I used to navigate a ship that way while in the navy 35 years
ago and wanted to see if I could still do it. I lost the bid to a retired
TWA captain in Kansas City.

They have a very interesting collection of sextants at the museum, all used
for navigating the Connies across the Atlantic.

Apparently there was one very bad accident when the astrodome they used for
taking sightings shattered in flight, and the navigator was sucked out of
the plane while using his sextant. After that, they changed the design so
that you inserted a tube on the sextant up into the astrodome from inside
the cabin.

It's amazing how far we've come in so short a time.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"