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Miscellaneous => Aviation News => Topic started by: mhm on January 10, 2014, 09:49:17 AM

Title: Will campaign to rename Humberside Airport after inventor John Harrison take off
Post by: mhm on January 10, 2014, 09:49:17 AM
DO YOU know the name John Harrison?

He was a clockmaker from Barrow, who invented a chronometer, enabling the accurate pinpointing of longitude and navigation of the world's seas.

And a campaign has been launched to rename Humberside Aiport after Harrison, who died in 1776.


Read more: http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/campaign-rename-Humberside-Airport-inventor-John/story-20426443-detail/story.html#ixzz2pzIGlN4f
Title: Re: Will campaign to rename Humberside Airport after inventor John Harrison take off
Post by: viking9 on January 10, 2014, 10:46:45 AM
It would be a proper tribute to a great English inventor.
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