Gago Coutinho and the Aircraft Navigation

Gago Coutinho was one of the two Portuguese navigators that crossed by air the South Atlantic in the beginning of the 20th century. He developed a new model of sextant that could be used to measure the altitude of a star when flying without the need of the sea horizon. This new instrument was called...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Neves, Fernando M. S. P. (author)
Outros Autores: Barata, Jorge M M (author), Silva, André (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2012
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/12192
País:Portugal
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