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Re: Pilots and Mariners
From: Rodney Myrvaagnes
Date: 2002 Feb 7, 17:02 -0500
From: Rodney Myrvaagnes
Date: 2002 Feb 7, 17:02 -0500
Well, if a boat tries to follow the Manana radio beacon from Halifax, NS, he will have a real problem getting through Cape Sable. An airplane wouldn't have any problem. :-) On Thu, 7 Feb 2002 16:42:24 -0500, Chuck Griffiths wrote: > The funny thing is, they generally follow radio navigation devices that >guide airplanes over great circle courses. Good marine navigators, of course, >know that a radio bearing to a distant non-directional radio beacon is the >initial bearing of the great circle track to that aid, and plot it accordingly. Rodney Myrvaagnes J36 Gjo/a "Religious wisdom is to wisdom as military music is to music." "What contemptible scoundrel stole the cork from my lunch?" -- W. C Fields
