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Fwd: [bluecoat] Wanted: Celestial Navigators (fwd)
From: Richard B. Langley
Date: 2002 May 22, 23:02 -0300
From: Richard B. Langley
Date: 2002 May 22, 23:02 -0300
Please see the item below. I believe there are some former aviation navigators on the list who might be able to help out Steve Casner with his article. If so, please contact him directly. Thanks. -- Richard Langley Professor of Geodesy and Precision Navigation =============================================================================== Richard B. Langley E-mail: lang@unb.ca Geodetic Research Laboratory Web: http://www.unb.ca/GGE/ Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Phone: +1 506 453-5142 University of New Brunswick Fax: +1 506 453-4943 Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3 Fredericton? Where's that? See: http://www.city.fredericton.nb.ca/ =============================================================================== ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 17:33:21 -0300 From: George DewarTo: lang@unb.ca Subject: Fwd: [bluecoat] Wanted: Celestial Navigators Anything for this guy? >Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 13:10:25 -0700 >Subject: [bluecoat] Wanted: Celestial Navigators >From: Stephen Casner > >Bluecoats, >I'm writing an article for an aviation magazine about ... celestial >navigation. Are there any pilots out there that used to do celestial in >airplanes? I'm looking for any experiences, histories, insights, and >quotes that might make interesting material for this piece. Nothing could >be more valuable than the insights of someone who's spent a few years >poking their head up into that astrodome and bringing down some >stars. I'd look forward to talking to anyone, either over the BC mailing >list or offline. > >The main point my article makes is: as we progress farther into the age >of the computerized cockpit, it might not be a bad idea for young pilots >to at least familiarize themselves with the basic ideas of the old-school >methods of navigation. Being able to visualize, and reason one's way >around a 3-dimensional world will never be obsolete. As Bob Buck nicely >says in his new book: looking over your shoulder and seeing Polaris >shining in the night sky is a nice way to reassure yourself that you are >indeed heading east. > >Cheers, > >Steve Casner >NASA Ames Research Center George Dewar - dewarg@nbnet.nb.ca VE9GFD N46 03 18 W064 48 24 3 Killarney Rd. Riverview, N.B., Canada, E1B 2Z4 TEL. (506) 386-3449