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The first LORAN receiver for aircraft use to enter service.
Its principal purpose was to determine magnetic variation.
An astrodome provided an enclosed area from which a navigator could take sightings.
A standard military drift sight through the World War II and early Cold War eras.
These aircraft served as flying classrooms for training U.S. Army Air Forces navigators in World War II.
Most navigators in the Army Air Forces started as pilot cadets who “washed out” of pilot training, often in a PT-17, such as the one seen here. Good math skills were considered essential for those who made the transition to navigator.
It contained a crystal ocillator and was key to the LORAN system.
Student navigators learning about celestial navigation.
Charts like this were used by Navy pilots throughout the Pacific.
