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Re: Hughes explanation of Chichester's navigation.
From: Hanno Ix
Date: 2014 Dec 3, 09:11 -0800
From: Hanno Ix
Date: 2014 Dec 3, 09:11 -0800
Gary,
first, thank you for this copy. This will require a long study.
May I ask a question a concerning the mechanics of CelNav
while flying? I flew gliders for a long time so I may have some
appreciation of the process.
Both, operating the sextant or the Bygrave requires 2 hands, right?
So how does one operate the yoke in the meantime to keep the plane
in straight and level flight?
Observing the plane's attitude and looking through the sextant at the
same time seems difficult but you probably trained yourself to do that.
I can also see you writing on a kneepad for the calculations.
H
On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 3:01 AM, Gary LaPook <NoReply_LaPook@fer3.com> wrote:
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