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Compass, Lieutenant H. P. Culver, 1st US Air Mail Flight
Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum
Washington, DC, United States
Compass Used on the First Scheduled Air Mail FlightOn May 15, 1918, Lt. Howard P. Culver navigated between Philadelphia and Belmont Park, near New York City, using this liquid-filled compass installed in his Curtiss Jenny.Gift of Mrs. A. Paul Culver
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- Title: Compass, Lieutenant H. P. Culver, 1st US Air Mail Flight
- Physical Dimensions: 3-D: 8 × 8 × 7.7cm, 0.5kg (3 1/8 × 3 1/8 × 3 1/16 in., 1 1/8lb.)
- External Link: https://airandspace.si.edu/collection/id/nasm_A19680559000
- Medium: Metal, and glass
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