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Cornell University.
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Philip Dalton
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Dalton is best known for his invention of several slide-rule flight computers, the most famous being the E6B.
As a graduate of Cornell University and serving as a United States Naval Reserve Pilot, Dalton took an interest in slide-rule flight computers. His first models were designed in the early 1930s but it was not until 1932 that the first revision of the East-6B, originally known as the "Dalton Dead Reckoning Computer", came into existence. On October 30, 1940, Dalton was recalled to active duty and assigned to Naval Air Station Anacostia, across the river from Washington, District of Columbia to help train naval aviators.
On July 24, 1941, Dalton and Harry Lee Rogers, Junior., a student pilot were killed when their aircraft crashed near Hybla Valley, Virginia.
By this time, Dalton"s devices were in widespread use by all aviation branches of the United States and British military services.
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