Very interesting feature in today's Annapolis Capital newspaper profiling Philip VH Weems, a pioneer in navigation, inventor or co-inventor of many navigation tools and aids still in common use today in aviation and maritime.

 

http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/local/navigation-luminary-weems-featured-in-new-smithsonian-exhibit/article_25ea2046-68de-5ddc-96b6-f41beae0390e.html

I still use my E6B today. They have all kinds of tablets and apps now but I say old tech is good tech.

 

Great exhibit and recognition.

 

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I too still use an E6B.  It is still intuitive. An incredible work. Belittles the slide rule and abacus!   I also have a Sporty's electronic E6B calculator that I use to check the results I get from my wheel version... LOL  I was not aware of Weems until I started reading the article (Capital is my local paper), but then I became fascinated by it.  Remarkable that the Navy mid-shipmen to this day use a similar tool he developed for maritime use.

 

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