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  • Navigating
    at Sea
    • Challenges of Sea Navigation
    • Navigating Without a Clock
    • The Longitude Problem
    • The U.S. Goes to Sea
    • Navigate at Sea! Activity
  • Navigating
    in the Air
    • Challenges of Air Navigation
    • Early Air Navigators
    • Navigation at War
    • Navigate the Skies! Activity
  • Navigating
    in Space
    • Challenges of Space Navigation
    • Reaching for the Moon
    • Navigating in Deep Space
    • Navigate in Space! Activity
  • Satellite Navigation
    • Challenges of Satellite Navigation
    • Reliable Global Navigation
    • Global Positioning System (GPS)
    • Who Uses Satellite Navigation
  • Navigation
    for Everyone
    • Meet a Professional Navigator
    • Personal Navigation Stories
  • Timeline of Innovation
  • Artifacts
  • Learning Resources
  • Multimedia Gallery
  • Research
  • Visit the Exhibition

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Meet The Navigator

Captain Joshua L.

C-130 Navigator, U.S. Air Force
USA

What do you do?

"C-130 E Hercules Navigator, using Horizontal Navigation, and using JPADS(Joint Precision Airdrop System), HALO (High Altitude-Low Opening) missions, and HAHO(High Altitude-High Opening) missions."

What technologies do you use to navigate?

"APN-241 Radar, APN-59 Radar, GPS, Dual Laser Ring Gyro Inertial Navigation Units,SCNS, chart/log, dead reckoning"

How have new navigation technologies changed the way you work?

"In some ways yes. JPADS (Joint Precision Air Drop System) has added new capabilities but has not as of yet supplanted traditional airdrop. GPS has also changed how we fly but traditional skills such as dead reckoning are still a tested requirement for some C-130 navigators."

What would you like to be able to do that current technologies don't support?

"While TCAS (Traffic Collision Avoidance System) and some datalinks are beginning to provide improved situational awareness.  I think there remains many ways to improve situational awareness especially in the combat environment."

What is the best part of your job?

"Flying low levels."
 

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  • Navigating at Sea
    • Challenges of Sea Navigation
    • Navigating Without a Clock
    • The Longitude Problem
    • The U.S. Goes to Sea
    • Navigate at Sea! Activity
  • Navigating in the Air
    • Challenges of Air Navigation
    • Early Air Navigators
    • Navigation at War
    • Navigate the Skies! Activity
  • Navigating in Space
    • Challenges of Space Navigation
    • Reaching for the Moon
    • Navigating in Deep Space
    • Navigate in Space! Activity
  • Satellite Navigation
    • Challenges of Satellite Navigation
    • Reliable Global Navigation
    • Global Positioning System (GPS)
    • Who Uses Satellite Navigation
  • Navigation for Everyone
    • Meet a Professional Navigator
    • Personal Navigation Stories
  • Timeline of Innovation
  • Artifacts
  • Learning Resources
  • Multimedia Gallery
  • Research
  • Visit the Exhibition
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