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Practical Air Navigation was the manual used to study for the airline
navigators license. Also there were the "Zweng" study guides. As far as I
know from 1927 to 1940 most navigators used a "Short" method such as Weems
Line of Position Book, or Ageton, etc.. Then HO 214 was used until HO 249
came into being. Airlines did away with navigators when INS came into use.

Dan Hogan
dhhogan1@earthlink.net
Navigation-L: http://www.offsoundings.info/navl.htm

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Hirose" 
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Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: Astro Navigation on Pan American Flying Clippers


> Zvi Doron wrote:
>> I wonder if there was a book written by any of their ex navigators
>> describing instruments, methods and experience gained.
>
>
> I haven't seen a retrospective book by one of those navigators, but a
> period text may be worth looking at. Try searching eBay for keywords
> "air" and "navigation".
>
> http://search.ebay.com/air-navigation_W0QQfromZR40QQsojsZ1
>
> For a few dollars I recently bought a 1939 edition of "Practical Air
> Navigation" published by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. That book
> seems to fairly plentiful. It looks like a couple different editions
> are currently up for auction. I've seen other 1930s air navigation
> texts there recently as well.
>
>
> A couple other searches you might try:
>
> http://search.ebay.com/dead-reckoning_W0QQfromZR40QQsojsZ1
> http://search.ebay.com/navigation-gps_W0QQfromZR40QQsatitleZnavigationQ20Q2dgpsQQsojsZ1
>

   

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