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Aerial Navigation - Dead Reckoning
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keywords: wwii, aircraft navigation, flight path
Synopsis: WWII training film on basic aircraft navigation using dead reckoning a procedure relying heavily on mathematical calculations where navigation cadets conduct 15 to 20 weeks of training...(read more)
- Date: 1940's
- Duration: 00:25:41
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States
Aerial Navigation - Dead Reckoning
Emphasis was placed on precision dead-reckoning navigation with basic proficiency in pilotage, radio, and celestial navigation. Shows navigation cadet doing pre-flight preparation, checking weather conditions along flight route and winds aloft charts and continues with log sheet entries, chart plotting, calculation of magnetic deviation and selection of suitable emergency landing fields. Aerial navigation Sectional Chart and instruments used in plotting a flight course. Aerial navigator making pre-flight aircraft instrument check inside a WWII U.S. Air Force advanced trainer.
The aircraft is a Beechcraft AT-7 (T-7), nickname "Navigator". Shows the Magnetic Compass, The Drift Meter, Automatic Pilot Remote Control Gage, Air Speed Indicator, Temperature Gage, Clock, and the Altimeter, all instruments used by aerial Navigators. Aircraft navigator cadet using instruments to maintain aircraft heading and proper flight route. The navigator's activities as the flight progresses and arrives at its destination. Very good interior scenes and in-flight footage of Beechcraft AT-7 (T-7) Navigator.
