Navigation markings on the ground, N. Africa
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Navigation markings on the ground, N. Africa
Hi all.
Over the years I've seen just a couple of references (with scant details) about navigation markings being laid out along the ground on long routes in northern Africa in the early days of aviation there, pre-radio navigation.
One suggestion I've seen is that there was an entire, unbroken line marked out on the ground along a route (I can't recall which one) of some hundreds of miles by digging a trench or some such. And perhaps large arrows or mounds as well.
Does this sound right? Does anyone have any details?
Thanks in advance.
Over the years I've seen just a couple of references (with scant details) about navigation markings being laid out along the ground on long routes in northern Africa in the early days of aviation there, pre-radio navigation.
One suggestion I've seen is that there was an entire, unbroken line marked out on the ground along a route (I can't recall which one) of some hundreds of miles by digging a trench or some such. And perhaps large arrows or mounds as well.
Does this sound right? Does anyone have any details?
Thanks in advance.
I once asked an old Transport Command navigator about navigating across the desert in the 1950’s and 60’s.
He said that it was easy; you just followed the oil slick that the Beverley’s had left over the years!
He said that it was easy; you just followed the oil slick that the Beverley’s had left over the years!
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Alex Henshaw may or may not mention 'Markers' . If I remember rightly he followed tracks in the sand on his Trans-Saharan Flights. Read his super memoir ' Flight of The Mew Gull ' available in paperback.
Read his super memoir ' Flight of The Mew Gull ' available in paperback.