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Ken Gebhart wrote:
> But, I seem to remember using an APN-4
> Loran in those days, and that was superceeded by the APN-70.

I don't know enough to tell what Loran receiver is depicted. The face of
the unit is never shown, just the green trace on the CRT. It looks like
one of the APN-9 display diagrams in my book -- the one you use to make
the initial coarse delay reading -- except that the 1000 usec and 5000
usec pips extend above and below the baseline instead of only above. The
1000 usec pips are dim and hard to see in the movie. In fact, on the
first viewing I never noticed them, even when pausing the picture.

On the companion disc is a feature on airline flying the 1950s. Some of
the old pilots of that era are interviewed, and have a few remarks about
the navigators they flew with:

"The navigators seemed to be the ones who were best on algebra and were
interested in astronomy and that sort of thing. Maybe they were a little
smarter in some respects than the pilots."

"They were considered the more educated and refined member of the crew."

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