Pontius Navigator
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Never lost, merely temporarily mislaid due to receipt of insufficient or inaccurate data.
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My Nav was never 'lost'. When he went quiet I knew he was 'uncertain of our position'. He then went into a long and complicated 'most probable position' plot on the Gibson method. This kept him busy until something useful turned up. Alastair Naysmith - best man I ever flew with.
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"Thanks Siggy, got another couple of those ?"
"One degree port, Skip"
"... can't be arsed with small course changes like that !"
"OK - 6 degrees port, please "
"that's more like it"
"Thanks Skip, now, 5 degrees starboard "
" ...???"
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"Thanks Siggy, got another couple of those ?"
"One degree port, Skip"
"... can't be arsed with small course changes like that !"
"OK - 6 degrees port, please "
"that's more like it"
"Thanks Skip, now, 5 degrees starboard "
" ...???"
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I too have been wondering about Pontius Navigator and TTN, their knowledge of the V Force and as a pair of Nav Radar aces, (my interest in them is as an L-FIT NBS man) their knowledge of parts of the system that were not even in my (“top secret) :-)” tech manuals.
On a more somber note every so often someone will resurrect an old thread and you will remember names that dropped off without being noticed. In earlier times there would be threads in Jet Blast dedicated to say an individuals ailments (often terminal) and other posters would share experiences often in a similar position staying with them, that doesn’t seem to happen anymore, yes there are people posting on JB relating to their daily happenings but not to the extent as before.
As some above say above it’s a idea if there could a flag of sorts, should people want one?
thanks
Clive
On a more somber note every so often someone will resurrect an old thread and you will remember names that dropped off without being noticed. In earlier times there would be threads in Jet Blast dedicated to say an individuals ailments (often terminal) and other posters would share experiences often in a similar position staying with them, that doesn’t seem to happen anymore, yes there are people posting on JB relating to their daily happenings but not to the extent as before.
As some above say above it’s a idea if there could a flag of sorts, should people want one?
thanks
Clive
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I too have been wondering about Pontius Navigator and TTN, their knowledge of the V Force and as a pair of Nav Radar aces, (my interest in them is as an L-FIT NBS man) their knowledge of parts of the system that were not even in my (“top secret) :-)” tech manuals.
On a more somber note every so often someone will resurrect an old thread and you will remember names that dropped off without being noticed. In earlier times there would be threads in Jet Blast dedicated to say an individuals ailments (often terminal) and other posters would share experiences often in a similar position staying with them, that doesn’t seem to happen anymore, yes there are people posting on JB relating to their daily happenings but not to the extent as before.
As some above say above it’s a idea if there could a flag of sorts, should people want one?
thanks
Clive
On a more somber note every so often someone will resurrect an old thread and you will remember names that dropped off without being noticed. In earlier times there would be threads in Jet Blast dedicated to say an individuals ailments (often terminal) and other posters would share experiences often in a similar position staying with them, that doesn’t seem to happen anymore, yes there are people posting on JB relating to their daily happenings but not to the extent as before.
As some above say above it’s a idea if there could a flag of sorts, should people want one?
thanks
Clive
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Did you let him know he was no more?
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