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First Posting
From: Jackie Ferrari
Date: 2005 Aug 6, 09:48 +0100
From: Jackie Ferrari
Date: 2005 Aug 6, 09:48 +0100
My friend recently came across this
list and thought I might be interested. I have browsed through some of the
archives and am fascinated by the threads, although some of the postings are a
bit beyond me! My interest is in traditional Air Navigation and one post from
March 2005 grabbed my attention. Zvi Doron asked if there were any texts by
navigators from the 30 and 40's in relation to celestial navigation on the Pan
American Clippers.
In additon to the texts mentioned
in the thread there is some good information in Captain Brock's Book 'Flying the
Oceans'. Also Fred Noonan the first Chief navigator for PAA(1935/36) wrote a
letter to Weems which is reproduced in the 1938 edition of Weem's Air
Navigation. In it he decribes the method he used. He preferred to use
Dreisonstok's Tables rather than Ageton or the Line of Position Book. He
has also written on the feasibility of radio bearings comparing that with the
accuracy of celestial in a paper I have if that is of interest to anyone.
Many thanks for such a great List
and looking forward to reading the postings and hopefully
contributing!
Jackie
Ferrari
