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Aviation History
1957
1957 - 0469.PDF
471 IGHTApril 1957 The Changing Navigation Picture 472 Atomichron Frequency Standard 473 Inertial Navigation 474 Doppler Radar 478 Navigation Computers 479 Air Data Systems 483 Master Gyro References 484 A utopilot to Flight-control System 485 Current Flight-control Systems 489 The Changing Instrument Picture 492 Weather Radar 494 Decca Navigator and Dectra 496 Tacan 496 Radio Aid Instruments 497 /< utomatic Direction Finding 499 A DETAILED review of flying aids has never before been attempted byany journal. That "Flight" should present one now is indicative of theimportance which this type of equipment has assumed. No commercial or military aircraft is now being designed as a simple combination of power- plant and airframe. Its flying-aid equipment is a factor in determining its operational capability. Everything is a flying aid which facilitates handling, navigation, internal management—indeed, all the many functions involved in transporting a given load from A to B—whether that load be a weapon, a group of fare-paying passengers or a quantity of freight. In a review of this kind, however, it is necessary to define terms of reference in order to avoid being swamped with subject-matter. We have therefore narrowed the field to that of aids which feature on the flight deck and help the crew in their routine task of getting from A to B. Communications, which are really an integral part of this process, we must perforce leave to another opportunity; and purely internal aircraft systems we have traditionally covered in our week-to-week work. These 30 pages we devote to the subjects listed on the left, which form the nucleus of flight-control. The clearly dominant theme of our present survey is that of integration. Everywhere the aids are being combined to form homogeneous systems for complete flight-control, instrument flying, navigation and information refer- ence. Yet more important in the months and years to come will be the integration of flight-control as a whole with air traffic control, through the use of automatic data and instruction exchange systems. Progress towards this goal will be a measure of operational advance in general.
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