Not GW, XXXV? You seem too young.
Originally Posted by
Wensleydale
I am so glad that I was "radar" and not a plotter! I bet the Navs today havn't even seen a Dalton computer!
Today's navs are taught to do it without a Dalton. Quite an eyeopener as it works.
There was one Dom sortie (1990) where the Nav's kit was 'removed' for the RTB from a landaway. No dividers, compass, douglas, dalton, straightedge. Everything had to be done by eye and mentally.
Me? I used a casio computer. Input the route (say Route 5) wind, temp and fuel and keep pressing the buttons. Get a flight plan complete, and accurate, in about 5 minutes.
In the air, plug in IAS, Temp, Dr, G/s and then next track and out pops heading and groundspeed. Black magic.
PS, astro too. None of your assumed position nonsense. Plug in DR position, the name of the star and fix time and out came Alt and Az.