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At the time I was in scouts, (1960's) to advance from second to first class rank, a scout had to demonstate a minimm knowledge of a set...

This was my air navigation computer. it is a circular slide rule, among other flight calculation tools. The reverse side is used for...

Back in Boy Scouts I knew a few words. But now, all I can do is bang out SOS. In a pinch, I guess that's enough. (I hope)

I remember using something like the above instrument in a basic cartography class. Somewhere in the basement I should have some of the...

You probably mean something like this: It is a Eureka VCS 16 tarp that I bought years ago for a canoe trip with my family. I...

Cruiser, How far are you from Niagara Falls? Mem's link took me to a store at 420 Vansickle Rd. St. Catharines ON L2S 0C7 Canada...

Time to get moving on the rest of this build ... left off with sanding the exterior to 120. Given all the curving, the hull cannot be...

That's a good point. I'm planning on buying another map case but I print my maps on 12" x 16" (30 x 41cm) waterproof paper. My overlap...

Yeah that's weird. My large version doesn't have that problem either. I imagine there's a good reason but if you hear back let us know

When I was in the Air Force as a KC-135 tanker air refueling navigator, on one of our missions out of Eielson AFB, I was chosen as lead...

One of the guys had that at our last August camp, it is near perfect... I tried very hard to locate one, but that was not to be ...

Although our building styles are very different, your's being careful and analytical, mine belonging to the wood butchers school, you...

Not photos of my father's originals . . . But when I was 12 in 1956, I was communicating with all of you at 5 WPM with this device...

So here's the manual... And how it sets up... And an example of how it works... Using this planimeter, which measures one square...

Yes. We used the engineers rule. And the architects rule. I have an undergrad degree in geography. When I started environmental...