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From: Robert Eno
Date: 2007 May 13, 08:34 -0400
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From: Robert Eno
Date: 2007 May 13, 08:34 -0400
Greeting fellow navigators
I just finished reading a book about Canadian air
navigators entitled: "Nadir to Zenith, An Almanac of Stories By Canadian
Military Navigators" by Bill Hockney and Moe Gates, both retired RCAF
navigators. This is not exactly breaking news as the book was published in 2002.
That it took me so long to get around to reading it is mostly due to having kids
running around the place.
The book is a collection of stories by former RCAF
navigators and covers the period from WWII to present day. There are lots of
stories about WWII bombing missions, the Korean Air Lift and pioneering flights
in the Arctic, including a fascinating story about a United States Navy-led
arctic expedition in a "lighter than air" ship and narrated by one of Canada's
foremost experts on arctic air navigation: B.Gen (Ret'd) Keith R. Greenaway.
Admittedly, some of the stories are a little flat but this is more than made up
for by other storytellers who clearly have a talent as engaging raconteurs.
Anyone who longs to re-live the old days where
astro navigation reigned supreme, even in the high tech world of aviation, will
thoroughly enjoy this book. And you do not have to be a Canadian to appreciate
it. There are plenty of British and American connections to keep our close
cousins amply engaged.
I am about to embark on Nadir to Zenith Volume II
and while I cannot comment on the book as yet, if it is anything like the first
volume, it should be a good read.
The book can be purchased from CANAV Books, an
outfit owned by one of the gurus of Canadian aviation history, Larry
Milberry.
Robert
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