Young whippersnapper, my foot, Rainboe.
I have actually used pressure pattern nav in a 1649 Connie, trans-Pacific, long ago.
Then it was Bendix (and the occasional Marconi) dopplers in the B707, pre INS, together with the navigator, Loran A...and yes Consol, as this was available on the west coast of the Pacific, stations in Oregon and California, I believe.
And then there were ocean stations, with their big powerful NDB's, the one at 30N140W (half way to HNL) was 1K watts.
At night, this gave a clear signal from PERCH, at 205NM on the LAX 236 radial.
Ah, the good 'ole days...
