B-52 Bomber Astro Tracker - Part 1: Grand Opening (ft. Le Labo de Michel)

We open up a B-52 Bomber Astro Tracker, to reveal a masterpiece of cold war engineering.

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EEVblog #854:    • EEVblog #854 - B52 Bomber Automatic A...  

Using an Astrocompass in a Boeing 737:    • Use of the Astrocompass (737-200)  

Vintage Air Force Astro Navigation Training Video:    • Celestial Navigation (instruction video)  

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00:00 The Kollsman MD-1 Astro-tracker
02:16 Understanding the MD-1 astrocompass system
04:43 Astro navigation explained
11:36 Manual astro navigation demonstrated
15:43 Astrocompass control panel explanation
17:58 Astro-tracker grand opening
20:32 Inspecting the insides
23:48 Extracting the astrotracker