Flight Navigator
06-26-2008, 08:14 AM
#21
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I've got a 1985 ATP test guide that also has Dispatcher and Navigator questions in it.
The first magnitude star approximately midway between Betelgeuse and the Pleiades is:
Elnath
Pollux
Capella
Aldebaran
At least I got the ATP and Dispatcher.
The first magnitude star approximately midway between Betelgeuse and the Pleiades is:
Elnath
Pollux
Capella
Aldebaran
At least I got the ATP and Dispatcher.
06-26-2008, 02:03 PM
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I just got my hands on an Almanac, HO 249, Star Finder (looks like a CR3) and plotting charts. Obviously, getting my hands on the right bubble sextant is a lot harder.
Just like Ftrooppilot, I will start with the basics and use a marine sextant. I have a lot to learn. The more I go into it, the more respect I have for those guys.
Just like Ftrooppilot, I will start with the basics and use a marine sextant. I have a lot to learn. The more I go into it, the more respect I have for those guys.
06-26-2008, 02:23 PM
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06-26-2008, 06:20 PM
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Look up the book. The American Practical Navigator by Bowditch. This is the "Bible" for navigation. It is curently published by the DOD and has been in continual publication since around the 1400's, I believe. I'm sure you could get a copy on Amazon. Anyway it has everything you will ever need to know about all kinds of navigation and a very thorough section on cell nav.
06-26-2008, 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by MD10PLT
Look up the book. The American Practical Navigator by Bowditch. This is the "Bible" for navigation. It is curently published by the DOD and has been in continual publication since around the 1400's, I believe. I'm sure you could get a copy on Amazon. Anyway it has everything you will ever need to know about all kinds of navigation and a very thorough section on cell nav.
Amazon.com: The American Practical Navigator: "Bowditch": Nathaniel Bowditch, National Imagery and Mapping Agency: Books
06-27-2008, 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by bubi352
I just got my hands on an Almanac, HO 249, Star Finder (looks like a CR3) and plotting charts. Obviously, getting my hands on the right bubble sextant is a lot harder.
Just like Ftrooppilot, I will start with the basics and use a marine sextant. I have a lot to learn. The more I go into it, the more respect I have for those guys.
Just like Ftrooppilot, I will start with the basics and use a marine sextant. I have a lot to learn. The more I go into it, the more respect I have for those guys.
Regarding the right plane to take a start shot from - get something like my avatar, with a nice roomy canopy...makes the navigator rating a lot more expensive but obviously well worth it.
06-28-2008, 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by MD10PLT
Look up the book. The American Practical Navigator by Bowditch. This is the "Bible" for navigation. It is curently published by the DOD and has been in continual publication since around the 1400's, I believe. I'm sure you could get a copy on Amazon. Anyway it has everything you will ever need to know about all kinds of navigation and a very thorough section on cell nav.
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06-28-2008, 08:17 PM
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Nice FlyJSH!!!
Here is also the book to prepare for the knowledge test:
Amazon.com: Flight Navigator: National Learning Corporation: Books
I hope it is. Otherwise, I wasted $60.
Here is also the book to prepare for the knowledge test:
Amazon.com: Flight Navigator: National Learning Corporation: Books
I hope it is. Otherwise, I wasted $60.
06-28-2008, 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by FlyJSH
I think I found a free site that has the whole book on line...
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06-29-2008, 08:11 AM
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I am a member of the Airline History Museum (the Save A Connie folks).
Last summer we had a course for Celestial Navigation taught by an old navigator on Connie's from the 50's. Lots of retired TWA around here (KC). Anyway, it was a course that stretched over a couple weeks on Saturdays. Obviously not enough to get a rating, but an excellent primer taught by someone that used to make their living doing it on Connie's. If they work up another course I will post it on here.
Last summer we had a course for Celestial Navigation taught by an old navigator on Connie's from the 50's. Lots of retired TWA around here (KC). Anyway, it was a course that stretched over a couple weeks on Saturdays. Obviously not enough to get a rating, but an excellent primer taught by someone that used to make their living doing it on Connie's. If they work up another course I will post it on here.
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