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Re: Navigation "simplified". was: Buckley the Navigator
From: Greg R_
Date: 2008 Mar 5, 20:18 -0800
From: Greg R_
Date: 2008 Mar 5, 20:18 -0800
> "Finding Your Position" Which, of course, tends to prove my earlier point about his other "tutelage" on celnav lacking in substance (at least in my opinion). And only someone like Buckley would take us on a roundabout detour of 8 introductory paragraphs before finally getting on with the main topic... ;-) I could also nitpick several other areas of his article (which by my reading is only a gloss-over of celnav techniques at best) - the suggestion H.O. 249 is only used with the Air Almanac vs. the Nautical Almanac(?), the term Hs is introduced but never really defined (except maybe peripherally from the context), etc. etc. And just like the video, lots of pompous (and extraneous) verbiage but not a whole lot of useful information - especially for a beginner, as this article purports to be written for. As someone who's familiar with various celnav techniques the article made sense to me (though it could have been written with a LOT simpler language), but I'd never consider using this as a reference for a beginner-level class. -- GregR --- Peter Foggwrote: > Here is a link: > http://cumulus.hillsdale.edu:8080/buckley/Standard/search/field.html > from which Buckley's > "Finding Your Position" subtitled > "From sun sight to plotting board, here is a system of celestial > navigation > that brings even math-class dropouts home to port" > can be accessed, in PDF format. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---