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wvanwormer
20th Aug 2009, 09:58
Does anyone out there have a manual for operating the old manual "Swissair Navigator" computer? I found one on the web and now it is in my hands, but no manual.
Any help is appreciated.
Van
IFixPlanes
20th Aug 2009, 16:51
Can you write it a little bigger, i lost my glasses ...
Genghis the Engineer
20th Aug 2009, 17:04
Isn't it just another flight computer? They all work about the same.
G
john_tullamarine
21st Aug 2009, 01:14
Just to be boring
boink105
21st Aug 2009, 12:31
you guys kill me :)
Spooky 2
21st Aug 2009, 13:06
Well I'm curious so can someone tell me what's special about this device?
FLEXPWR
21st Aug 2009, 15:30
Must be a flight computer for pilots with strong myopia! MUUAHAHAHAAAA! :}
TopBunk
21st Aug 2009, 15:57
Well his profile does say that he is 64:}
The Real Slim Shady
21st Aug 2009, 16:28
It's a very special whizz wheel, calibrated to Geneva Mean Time with a serrated edge for cutting blocks of Toblerone.
The item is relatively cheap to buy but because it is considered a precision instrument servicing is essential every 2000Nms and this can only be carried out by a approved service centre and costs an arm and a Toblerone.
Spooky 2
21st Aug 2009, 19:59
Cool! I want one:}
Marco Polo 212
21st Aug 2009, 20:14
Is the string for flossing your teeth after all the nougat?
galaxy flyer
21st Aug 2009, 20:45
Gee, just the other day I was trying to work a pressure pattern navigation problem on the ProLine 21 kit in the Global Express. Couldn't get it done, so I want one, too.
GF
sycamore
21st Aug 2009, 20:51
He may be an inmate in Leavenworth jail and has just got parole.....not heard of GPS/INS etc...
There`s a bit missing..the little wooden bell...
XPMorten
21st Aug 2009, 20:57
Is the string for flossing your teeth after all the nougat?
You tie it to your glasses, leaving both hands free for maneuvering Toblerone
XPM
... I was trying to work a pressure pattern navigation problem on the ProLine 21 kit in the Global Express
Interesting.
What type of HRRA were you using?
To do it right, you gotta have one of those.:}
Broomstick Flier
23rd Aug 2009, 00:33
Priceless comments around here, chaps...:ok:
What type of HRRA were you using?
Pardon my ignorance, but what is a HRRA? Google did not help me either..
BF
Pardon my ignorance, but what is a HRRA? Google did not help me either..
High Range Radio Altimeter.
galaxy flyer
23rd Aug 2009, 04:02
Maybe that's why ProLine 21 couldn't do it. :sad:
Which is necessary for pressure pattern flying, Nice catch, 411A :ok: But, funny, when they re-equipped the C-5's rad alt in early 90s, it was a HRRA. Interesting on a crossing and bored to watch absolute altitude change with pressure patterns.
GF
mick56
24th Jan 2023, 00:20
Hi Van - I am in Australia but do have Dad's old Swissair and Manual. Happy to copy it for you if you like. Let me know and cheers.