Navigation in Automatic Flight

At 2215 hours GMT on 21 September 1947 the U.S.A.A.F. All-Weather Flying Centre's Automatic C54 took off automatically from Stephenville, Newfoundland, and twelve hours and five minutes later landed at Brize Norton, England. Neither pilot nor navigator had interfered with the automatic equipmen...

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Published in:Journal of Navigation
Main Author: Boxer, H. E. C.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1948
Subjects:
Ocean Engineering
Oceanography
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0373463300034615
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0373463300034615 2024-03-03T08:46:42+00:00 Navigation in Automatic Flight Boxer, H. E. C. 1948 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0373463300034615 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0373463300034615 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) Journal of Navigation volume 1, issue 01, page 87-88 ISSN 0373-4633 1469-7785 Ocean Engineering Oceanography journal-article 1948 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0373463300034615 2024-02-08T08:43:17Z At 2215 hours GMT on 21 September 1947 the U.S.A.A.F. All-Weather Flying Centre's Automatic C54 took off automatically from Stephenville, Newfoundland, and twelve hours and five minutes later landed at Brize Norton, England. Neither pilot nor navigator had interfered with the automatic equipment during the entire flight. What, briefly, is the navigation equipment and procedure employed on such a flight? Equipment . The navigation equipment consists of three magnetic heading selectors, two air log units or AMUS and a radio compass which will automatically switch to a number of preselected frequencies. Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland Cambridge University Press Journal of Navigation 1 01 87 88
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Oceanography
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Oceanography
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Navigation in Automatic Flight
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description At 2215 hours GMT on 21 September 1947 the U.S.A.A.F. All-Weather Flying Centre's Automatic C54 took off automatically from Stephenville, Newfoundland, and twelve hours and five minutes later landed at Brize Norton, England. Neither pilot nor navigator had interfered with the automatic equipment during the entire flight. What, briefly, is the navigation equipment and procedure employed on such a flight? Equipment . The navigation equipment consists of three magnetic heading selectors, two air log units or AMUS and a radio compass which will automatically switch to a number of preselected frequencies.
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