Back Bearings. A Navigator's Tale 1942 to 1974 - Cropper, Eric
A Navigator's Tale
KORTE INHOUD
Eric Cropper's RAF career started in 1943 and ended in 1968. It covered a period when the navigation of aircraft changed from astro, dead reckoning and drift bearings all plotted by pencil on charts, to press-button radio and satellite information that can instantly pinpoint a position anywhere on the planet to within 5 metres. The then vital skills of a good navigator are now mostly redundant. Ships, aircraft, trucks and cars seldom use maps let alone carry a navigator. This autobiography by one of the RAF's top exponents of both the ancient and modern forms of the art explains in considerable detail how this rapid and revolutionary improvement occurred in the air.After his initial training, Eric started his operational career as navigator in a No 103 Squadron Avro Lancaster. During his tour, on 7 July 1944, the squadron took part in a raid on Caen. Immediately after releasing their bombs, the aircraft was struck from astern, losing the tail gunner and turret and a large part of the tailplane. Having regaine...
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2010Uitgever: Pen & Sword, Barnsley346 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1848841515ISBN-13: 9781848841512Koop dit boek tweedehands
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[Auteur: Cropper, Eric] [Pagina's: 346] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Pen & Sword, Barnsley] [Jaar: 2010] [Titel: Back Bearings. A Navigator's Tale 1942 to 1974]
