Originally Posted by
bill fly
When I joined xxx-air in the 80s there were Captains around who had been familiar with astro navigation and knew many stars still. It was nice to fly with them. Some had even been navigators in the past.
True, I was lucky enough to catch that generation as well as a young F/O. Some of these guys were a wealth of knowledge and would enjoy giving a young pilot an interesting lesson. Sadly, little of it stuck in my head.