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From: David Pike
Date: 2025 Feb 22, 07:59 -0800
Gary LaPook you wrote “Why would anybody prefer a three-minute schedule? “
If it’s a shooting schedule they’re talking about, I was also wondering why three minutes. My only thought, other than it being a LeMayism, was that a B47 would travel around 80 nm during the shooting of a three-star astro fix with three one-minute shots four minutes apart (further in a Jetstream or if using two-minute shots). Might there be a danger of a B47 flying off the Plotting Board, which appears to have 75nm radius? It’s hard to tell without instructions. Meanwhile, the links below are the closest I came to finding those.
DaveP
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/ii-celestial-computer-original-4593943269
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/usaf-ii-celestial-air-navigation-2094225205
