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Re: Celestial nav trainer manual 1943
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2024 Dec 13, 09:01 -0800
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2024 Dec 13, 09:01 -0800
David P, Yes.
Here's an index for that list of posts --only two years ago:
https://navlist.net/find/Link-Celestial-Navigation-Trainer-Manual-from-date-20221111-to-date-20221113
My follow-up in that thread included some fascinating images from an ebay auction:
https://navlist.net/Link-Celestial-Navigation-Trainer-Manual-FrankReed-nov-2022-g53482
I have to wonder about the point of such an elaborate machine. Was it really cheaper (or otherwise more efficient) than flying student-navigators around in an actual aircraft?? Still... very impressive!
Frank Reed
