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brian-1927(at)lloyd.com
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 Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 8:58 am Post subject: Did it!!!! |
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On Mar 22, 2008, at 7:05 AM, cjpilot710(at)aol.com wrote:
| Quote: | Taigh,
What a neat surprise! Thanks!
Last night my wife and I returned from a party here on the airpark.
The sky was crystal clear with a bright (nearly full) moon.
Sooooo. Fortified with about 5 glasses of good wine, I decided to
try a moon shot with both sextants!
The A10 was a total failure. It and I need work.
But the periscopic worked much better. I was able to discern the
bubble level even without light power by using the red filter. I
took a quick shot and noted the time. My wife deciding to get
evidences of my diminishing mental health, snap a couple of pictures
of me snapping. I than went to bed.
This morning I computed stuff. At 2306L the moon was on a bearing
of 135.2 degrees true and at 36.7 degrees altitude, computed from
the tables at http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/AltAz.php of 81.31
N by 29.26W (the assumed position of Crescent City, Fl). My shot
showed 37.11 degrees.
The 'dirty' plotted LOP missed the airpark by 1nm. Not bad for a
half drunk navigator!
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Good on ya!
I have a periscopic sextant but it has a bad bubble. Do you know how
to create a new bubble? The knob that is supposed to do it doesn't work.
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Brian Lloyd Granite Bay Montessori
brian AT gbmontessori DOT com 9330 Sierra College Blvd.
+1.916.367.2131 (voice) Roseville, CA 95661, USA
http://www.gbmontessori.com
I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things . . .
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
PGP key ID: 12095C52A32A1B6C
PGP key fingerprint: 3B1D BA11 4913 3254 B6E0 CC09 1209 5C52 A32A 1B6C
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Brian Lloyd 3191 Western Drive
brian HYPHEN 1927 AT lloyd DOT com Cameron Park, CA 95682
+1.916.367.2131 (voice) +1.270.912.0788 (fax)
I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things . . .
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
PGP key ID: 12095C52A32A1B6C
PGP key fingerprint: 3B1D BA11 4913 3254 B6E0 CC09 1209 5C52 A32A 1B6C
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N13472(at)aol.com
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:01 am Post subject: Did it!!!! |
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Great shots But when is your due date??????????? Twins or Triplets
Tom Elliott
CJ-6A NX63727
702-595-2680
| Quote: | From: owner-yak-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-yak-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of cjpilot710(at)aol.com
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 7:05 AM
To: taigh(at)twinbeech.com
Subject: Did it!!!!
Taigh,
What a neat surprise! Thanks!
Last night my wife and I returned from a party here on the airpark. The sky was crystal clear with a bright (nearly full) moon.
Sooooo. Fortified with about 5 glasses of good wine, I decided to try a moon shot with both sextants!
The A10 was a total failure. It and I need work.
But the periscopic worked much better. I was able to discern the bubble level even without light power by using the red filter. I took a quick shot and noted the time. My wife deciding to get evidences of my diminishing mental health, snap a couple of pictures of me snapping. I than went to bed.
This morning I computed stuff. At 2306L the moon was on a bearing of 135.2 degrees true and at 36.7 degrees altitude, computed from the tables at http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/AltAz.php of 81.31 N by 29.26W (the assumed position of Crescent City, Fl). My shot showed 37.11 degrees.
The 'dirty' plotted LOP missed the airpark by 1nm. Not bad for a half drunk navigator!
[img]cid:281275416(at)22032008-0486[/img]
Trying the A10.
[img]cid:281275416(at)22032008-048D[/img]
The periscopic sextant actually felt like an old friend. I haven't use one in 41 years!!!
Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home.
3/21/2008 5:52 PM
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cjpilot710(at)aol.com
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:54 pm Post subject: Did it!!!! |
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In a message dated 3/22/2008 1:00:16 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, brian-1927(at)lloyd.com writes:
| Quote: | > The 'dirty' plotted LOP missed the airpark by 1nm. Not bad for a
| Quote: | half drunk navigator!
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Good on ya!
I have a periscopic sextant but it has a bad bubble. Do you know how
to create a new bubble? The knob that is supposed to do it doesn't work.
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Remember that song about "his boomerang didn't come back"? Man I was just a navigator not and frig-ing genius!
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Brian Lloyd Granite Bay Montessori
brian AT gbmontessori DOT com 9330 Sierra College Blvd.
+1.916.367.2131 (voice) Roseville, CA 95661, USA
http://www.gbmontessori.com
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Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home.
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