Sextant: An instrument which gives the angular elevation or depression of an object, usually celestial. A bubble sextant uses a bubble to maintain an artificial horizon.
Shamal: A North-Westerly wind in Iraq which causes severe dust storms.
On the other hand, at round about the same point in history, Francis Chichester was embarking on a project to fly a floatplane DH Moth from New Zealand to Australia which required incredibly accurate navigation using a sextant to get sun bearings.
SEXTANT: Code for International Cairo Conference, Nov-Dec 1943.
Sgt.: Rank of Sergeant
SHAEF: Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces
Shakedown: Shallow penetration operational training mission with little or no enemy resistance expected.
 See also: Aircraft, Flight, Pilot, Landing, Wing
  
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