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Re: Amelia Earhart's aerial navigation
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2009 Oct 29, 15:03 -0700
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2009 Oct 29, 15:03 -0700
Ronald Barrett wrote: "The Astrocompass (see pictures on www.usaf-nav-history.com ) was flown in USAF cargo planes such as the C-124 right up to the mid sixties (I have 3,000+ hours with this thing)." And Ken Gebhart wrote: "I flew P-2s in the pacific extensively in the early 60s mainly by celnav and drift, and never saw an astrocompass." So an Air Force versus Navy difference in navigation culture perhaps? How about other services in other countries? And did long-range commercial aircraft use astrocompasses in the early 1960s? -FER --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NavList message boards: www.fer3.com/arc Or post by email to: NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList+@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
