Re: [IRCA] Mystery tone at 1610, 1020 and WWII

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Walter Salmaniw <salmaniw@xxxxxxx> wrote:


They stressed
> on the program the navigation required (over the piloting skills). 
> Initially there was such a shortage of trained navigators that a
> single aircraft carried an experienced navigator for the whole group.


*** During the early years of WWII in Europe, navigators were the most
valued commodity. The practice of using group navigators was employed
there also. 

At the time, new volunteers to the air service mostly wanted to be
pilots. Many of those were either diverted to navigator school ( or
even radio school ) instead. The services had so many would-be pilots
that many who didn't make it through pilot training were also sent to
navigation school.

  

Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL )
[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id
<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'
AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 & 4' FET air core loop

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