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- Model LCP-5 Converter, Part of a Lear LTRA-6 Navigation System, circa 1952 - This device is part of the LTRA-6 aircraft radio navigation unit. Its creator Lear, Inc. was a pioneering company interested in expanding the popularity of private flight. This system was affordable and combined several low and high frequency radio navigation aids that were essential to the safe travel of small aircraft.
- circa 1952
- Collections - Artifact
Model LCP-5 Converter, Part of a Lear LTRA-6 Navigation System, circa 1952
This device is part of the LTRA-6 aircraft radio navigation unit. Its creator Lear, Inc. was a pioneering company interested in expanding the popularity of private flight. This system was affordable and combined several low and high frequency radio navigation aids that were essential to the safe travel of small aircraft.
- Handmade Sextant. On Loan from Jeff Mahl, George Schuster's Great-Grandson. - George Schuster, an employee of the E.R. Thomas Motor Company, used this handmade sextant while driving a Thomas Flyer in an auto race from New York to Paris in 1908. Schuster won, overcoming unmapped territory, abysmal roads and multiple breakdowns. In 2010, Schuster was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in recognition of his victory.
- 1908
- Collections - Artifact
Handmade Sextant. On Loan from Jeff Mahl, George Schuster's Great-Grandson.
George Schuster, an employee of the E.R. Thomas Motor Company, used this handmade sextant while driving a Thomas Flyer in an auto race from New York to Paris in 1908. Schuster won, overcoming unmapped territory, abysmal roads and multiple breakdowns. In 2010, Schuster was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in recognition of his victory.
- Beacon Light and Wind Cone in Place for First Night Air Mail Service between New York and Chicago, 1925 - In 1924, with the success of experimental night operations and increasing business interest in next-day mail, the U.S. Air Mail Service announced plans to establish regular overnight flights between New York and Chicago. Preparations included mounting floodlights and searchlights at airfields and constructing a series of routing beacons and emergency landing fields along the route. The first official flights departed from both terminal cities on July 1, 1925.
- 1925
- Collections - Artifact
Beacon Light and Wind Cone in Place for First Night Air Mail Service between New York and Chicago, 1925
In 1924, with the success of experimental night operations and increasing business interest in next-day mail, the U.S. Air Mail Service announced plans to establish regular overnight flights between New York and Chicago. Preparations included mounting floodlights and searchlights at airfields and constructing a series of routing beacons and emergency landing fields along the route. The first official flights departed from both terminal cities on July 1, 1925.
- Burroughs Aircraft Direction Finder, 1951 -
- 1951
- Collections - Artifact
Burroughs Aircraft Direction Finder, 1951
- Waze Mobile Navigational Beacon, 2018 - Established in 2009, Waze Mobile developed crowdsourced maps that were updated and improved by users. The company's offerings expanded to include real-time traffic and road construction alerts. The Waze Beacons project, launched in 2017, eliminated dead spots in GPS navigation by placing battery-powered beacons in tunnels where GPS satellite signals couldn't reach.
- 2018
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Waze Mobile Navigational Beacon, 2018
Established in 2009, Waze Mobile developed crowdsourced maps that were updated and improved by users. The company's offerings expanded to include real-time traffic and road construction alerts. The Waze Beacons project, launched in 2017, eliminated dead spots in GPS navigation by placing battery-powered beacons in tunnels where GPS satellite signals couldn't reach.