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Re: Celestial navigation for pilots
From: David Pike
Date: 2024 Oct 27, 12:03 -0700
From: David Pike
Date: 2024 Oct 27, 12:03 -0700
Frank Reed you wrote: Any thoughts on the differences between celestial navigation on a modern Boeing or Airbus flight deck in 2024 versus under an astrodome in a Lockheed Connie back in 1954, for example? What works? What doesn't?
At one stage RAF crews got so keen on celestial that they had to provide an astrodome for every crew member just to save arguments. I see I did my first celestial flight in this aircraft, Vickers Valetta T3 WJ462 Master Pilot McLennan, on 14th December 1967. DaveP (Photo Credit Jerry Hughes)
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