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Old 09-29-2009 | 08:06 PM
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Default Five-man cockpit

Getting some celestial nav instruction from the Navigator helped to pass the time on long night flights. About all I remember now is "follow the arc to Arcturus, and speed on to Spica." In earlier days, pilots could learn a lot from the Flight Engineer and Radio Operator too. Automation, for all its benefits, has taken away part of our aviation heritage.
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