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Re: Modern celestial navigation: when and why?
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2015 Feb 14, 09:49 -0800
From: John D. Howard <NoReply_Howard@fer3.com>
To: garylapook@pacbell.net
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 8:56 PM
Subject: [NavList] Re: Modern celestial navigation: when and why?
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2015 Feb 14, 09:49 -0800
It's still fun to take observations in flight. see:
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From: John D. Howard <NoReply_Howard@fer3.com>
To: garylapook@pacbell.net
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 8:56 PM
Subject: [NavList] Re: Modern celestial navigation: when and why?
David, I flew C-141s out of Norton then T-39 from Yokota then C141s again out of Travis. I retired out of Mcguire. Started in Vietnam, ended in Gulf War I. I was a pilot but loved navigation. I would get my
Navigator to let me do the cell shots over the ocean. When the 141 was stretched Lockheed removed the sextant port and installed trip. INS. Thats when I bought my marine type sextant ( plastic ) and would shoot cell when on Islands. Fell in love and I miss it.
John H.
