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Subject: Re: astrocompass still in use
From: Robert Eno (enoid@XXX.XXX)
Date: Wed Sep 25 2002 - 06:58:00 EDT
The only place that I know of would be Celestaire out of Wichita,Kansas.
They have been carrying them in their catalogues for years. I honestly
don't know if that holds true today.
Mr. Gebhart, are you out there? Can you confirm this?
I can understand your lust! They are beautiful and functional
instruments. Make sure that you get a base standard with it as you need
one of these to mount it properly.
>I looked on the image with a rare lust.
>Where is one to be purchased now, and for what cost, I wonder?
>
>Brian W
>
>At 05:18 AM 9/25/02, you wrote:
>>Ah, you have brought up a topic which is very near and dear to my heart.
>>The Astrocompass. I bought one in 1983 from a fellow who had a warehouse
>>full of these items, as well as MK IX RAE Bubble Sextants.
>>
>>I have always considered the astrocompass to be not only a utilitarian
>>device but also a work of artistic beauty.
>>
>>The astrocompass is still in use in Arctic Canada; in fact according to
>>one of my contacts in the airline industry, its use -- as a backup system
>>for maintaining a heading -- in small aircraft such as twin otters, is
>>still mandatory.
>>
>>So you can see that it is still in use for it's originally intended
>>purpose.
>>
>>I still have a set of the original instructions that came with the unit.
I
>>used to have a paper entitled "Using the Astro Compass as a Transit" but
>>it has long since dissapeared.
>>
>> >The astrocompass lives on. A major utility company in California
>> >allows engineers and architects to borrow one to evaluate solar access
>> >to a building site. Here is their online manual:
>>
>><http://www.pge.com/003_save_energy/003c_edu_train/pec/toolbox/tll/app_no
tes/astro_comp.shtml>
>
>Brian Whatcott
> Altus OK Eureka!
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