Flight Navigator

[Bubi352]

I fly extensively at night over water as part of my job. With the boredom up there, I started to express an interest in celestial navigation which became a desire to obtain my FAA flight navigator certificate.

I have done some research in Part 63 on ways to obtain this certificate. Obviously, this regulation pertaining to flight navigator is old. It requires to undergo an approved course and there are no flight navigator course that I am aware of.

I spoke to an FAA examiner who informed me there are only 21 FAA flight navigators left in the country. It's becoming a rare breed. The only thing I can think of is to have a flight navigator mentoring me.

Does anyone have any idea if there is a course available (FAA or JAA)?
Does anyone know a current flight navigator who could help me or point me in the right direction?
Any thoughts?

Cheers!

[jau]

Hey,

I'm afraid I can't help, but as a ships navigator and private pilot I would be really interested in this too! I've often wondered if flight navigators still exist, I've never been able to find any courses or anything. We still get issued the Air Almanac onboard for our celestial work so I presume the art of airborne celestial navigation still exists???