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Re: Astro Navigation on Pan American Flying Clippers
From: Paul Hirose
Date: 2005 Mar 25, 10:28 -0800
From: Paul Hirose
Date: 2005 Mar 25, 10:28 -0800
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
