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Subject: Re: Pilots and Mariners
From: Rodney Myrvaagnes (rodneym@XXX.XXX)
Date: Thu Feb 07 2002 - 17:02:05 EST
Well, if a boat tries to follow the Manana radio beacon from Halifax, NS, he will have a real problem getting through Cape Sable. An
airplane wouldn't have any problem. :-)
On Thu, 7 Feb 2002 16:42:24 -0500, Chuck Griffiths wrote:
> The funny thing is, they generally follow radio navigation devices that
>guide airplanes over great circle courses. Good marine navigators, of course,
>know that a radio bearing to a distant non-directional radio beacon is the
>initial bearing of the great circle track to that aid, and plot it accordingly.
Rodney Myrvaagnes J36 Gjo/a
"Religious wisdom is to wisdom as military music is to music."
"What contemptible scoundrel stole the cork from my lunch?" -- W. C Fields
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