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Air Navigation Systems Chapter 4. Hyperbolic Airborne Radio Navigation Aids – A Navigator's View of their History and Development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2009

W. F. Blanchard
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Abstract

This paper is the fourth chapter of a series on Air Navigation Systems during theperiod from the early oceanic flights and the inception of commercial aviation to the introduction of INS in civil aircraft. Comments on the content of the paper would be welcomed by the author and the editor.

Keywords

History.Air navigation.Radio navigation.Hyperbolic systems.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Navigation , Volume 44 , Issue 3 , September 1991 , pp. 285 - 315
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1991

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