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Record 1 2012-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Air Navigation Aids
DEF

An airborne computer for dealing with course and distance data.

OBS

[With the course and distance calculator,] the air navigator, knowing wind speed and direction, the bearing of his destination and his own cruising speed, can read off the true compass course which must be flown and the distance in "air miles."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Aides à la navigation aérienne

Spanish

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