The electromechanical angle computer inside the B-52 bomber's star tracker

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The electromechanical angle computer inside the B-52 bomber's star tracker

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Before GPS, how did aircraft navigate? One important technique was celestial navigation: navigating from the positions of the stars, planets...

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