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Old 15th Jul 2010, 08:43
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During the Second World War Decca recording studios were approached by the War Office to attend meetings to discuss how they could assist in the war effort. Radar and navigation systems were the result!

After the war Decca went on to refine these developments commercially and created new divisions aside from the record label.

In the 60's and 70's Decca's navigation systems were considered as cutting edge and their DANAC moving map display was the first of its kind and made en-route nav a doddle!



Decca diagram (from a previous PPRuNe post) showing how a fix was obtained.

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