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I am really unable to comment on the second "Avigation" reported in your
posting, however, can state that Mr. Jones, in his, gives an excellent
working description of the various short tabular sight reduction methods
available at the time of publication (1931) and, in that context, is of
interest to both surface and air navigation. He also includes some
interesting details concerning long distance flights of the era, as well
as the state of radio navigation and dead reckoning. Although the book's
publication date is 1931, the author's preface is dated 1929, indicating
the material to be probably of a somewhat earlier vintage.

On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 18:38:41 -0000 Zvi Doron 
writes:
> Thanks Henry for the lead.
>
> I have doe a little search on the net and there appears to be
> another book
> called Avigation written by Harvey H. Holand and published in the
> very same
> year - 1931 by McGraw-Hill. Competition at its best! Any knowledge
> of which
> one is better? Price wise there is no ubtantial difference.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Henry C. Halboth 
> To: 
> Sent: 26 March 2005 14:36
> Subject: Re: Astro Navigation on Pan American Flying Clippers
>
>
> > There is a book entitled "Avigation", authored by Bradley Jones,
> and
> > published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, and Chapman &
> Hall, Ltd.,
> > London, in 1931, that covers air navigation methods of that era in
> quite
> > some detail, and covers all the celestial methods then in use,
> both
> > surface and air.
> >
> > On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:23:51 -0000 Zvi Doron
> 
> > writes:
> > > I am looking for infrmation on the methods used by navigators on
> long
> > > haul
> > > civil flights in the 1930s and 40s. Several sources mention the
> Pan
> > > American
> > > Flying Clippers, to the extent that Pan Am staff trained US Army
> Air
> > > Cor.
> > > Navigators early in WWII.
> > >
> > > I wonder if there was a book written by any of their ex
> navigators
> > > describing instruments, methods and experience gained. I have a
> book
> > > called
> > > Most Probable Position by Monte Duane Wright that covers some of
> it
> > > but am
> > > looking for more detail.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any suggestions.
> > >
>

   

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