Charles Lindbergh & the Ingenious Hour Angle Watch. The unique features of this beautiful classic.
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00:00 Introduction
00:46 The Flight Challenge unclaimed
02:20 Lindbergh's famous flight
03:30 Lindbergh's post-fame life and troubles
07:17 The Watch, Hour Angle Origins
08:42 Watch Review, Features and Specs
11:16 Watch Review, Caseback and Movement
13:47 Watch Review, Earth Movement markings
17:30 Watch Review, Conclusion and thoughts
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How to use an Hour Angle Watch (by Longines)
https://youtu.be/wztQ6otKZ4A
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The Lindbergh Weems Navigation (Hour Angle) Watch, by Longines (featured in video)
https://www.longines.com/en-gb/watch-the-lindbergh-hour-angle-watch-l2-678-4-11-0
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Photo and Video Credits:
Stunt Pilot Footage
https://ia600607.us.archive.org/28/items/PET721_Var1/PET721_Var1.mp4
Orteig and Lindbergh photo
Charles Lindbergh (left) and Raymond Orteig (right), From the personal collection of Alan R Hawley. Scanned and touched up by: Costyn 09:10, Aug 26, 2004 (UTC
Eddie Richenbacker Photo
Richenbacker USAF, US Army Air Force, now USAF, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
transcontinental air map (us postal air service)
Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Co https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Transcontinental_Air_Mail_Map_1924.jpgmmons
By US Post Office - US Post Office, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10048707
Crash Footage
Adventures of the NewsReel Camera: scouring the skies, 20th Century Fox 1936
The Dawn Patrol, 1938
Lindbergh's flight and return, 1927, public domain, retrieved from https://archive.org/details/Lindberg1927
Ford Films Weekly: Charles and Anne Lindbergh Land and Visit Airport, 1928, public domain, retrieved from https://archive.org/details/FordFilm1928
Lindberg Greenland, German Airfield, Brazil Conservation Trip 1968, Lindberg US Mail Carrier,
Parade Welcoming Charles Lindbergh to New York, June 13 1927
https://imageserver.library.yale.edu/
Charles A. Lindbergh with the Spirit of St. Louis., Pacific & Atlantic Photos, Inc., 25 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 1927-05-12, from https://findit.library.yale.edu/catalog/digcoll:4350197
Spirit of St Louis cockpit
creative commons, retireived from: https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/ryan-nyp-spirit-st-louis-charles-lindbergh/nasm_A19280021000
Spirit of St Louis hanging in smithsonian insitute
https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/ryan-nyp-spirit-st-louis-charles-lindbergh/nasm_A19280021000
Lafayette Hotel
By Berenice Abbott - https://collections.mcny.org/CS.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&VBID=24UAYW552V865&SMLS=1&RW=1920&RH=966&PN=9, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=72889867
Ocean Liner
By N. W. Penfield - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-64956, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1458844
French aviator René Fonck (1894-1953)
By George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress) Public Domain
French ace pilot Charles Nungesser (1892-1927)
By George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress) Public Domain
Corsair
By NASA - This image or video was catalogued by one of the centers of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: EL-2000-00231., Public Domain