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Celestial nav trainer manual 1943
From: Paul Hirose
Date: 2024 Dec 12, 12:51 -0800
From: Paul Hirose
Date: 2024 Dec 12, 12:51 -0800
Among the documents at this site is manual AN 08-25-17: "INSTALLATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS, CELESTIAL NAVIGATION TRAINER AN-2554-1", May 20, 1943. https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/items/browse?collection=882&page=6 "The AN-2554-1 Trainer is a synthetic training device making available to pilots, navigators, bombardiers, and radio operators simulated flying conditions in daylight, darkness, or both in sequence, depending upon the type and length of problem that is to be used." The four students sit in a fuselage capable of unlimited rotation in heading and limited rotation in pitch and roll. A turbulence system can produce erratic motion. Incandescent lamps on a rotating dome simulate the sky. A few stars are simulated by collimators so they can be shot by sextant from the astrodome at the navigator's station. -- Paul Hirose sofajpl.com
