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1959
1959 - 1690.PDF
12 JUNE 1959 ...-,. -..; *. . : ; ; r . = ••••,- FLIGHT - 53 N - - - "The need for a high accuracy hyperbolic navigation system giving cover from ground level up to the highest altitudes used by com- mercial air transport is already being felt in some parts of the world, and it is the United Kingdom belief that the problems will become even more urgent when jet aircraft begin to operate in appreciable numbers. The United Kingdom is fully satisfied that the Decca Navigator System is potentially able to meet this need and the needs which will develop from the introduction of even higher perform- ance aircraft, and believes the assertions it has made regarding the outstanding operational advantages conferred by the Decca System are unassailable." / Extract from the Final Statement by the United Kingdom Delegation at the Special ComfOps/Rac ICAO meeting Montreal February 1959 THE DECCA NA VIG A TOR THE ONLY NAVIGATION SYSTEM CAPABLE OF MEETING THE OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE JET AGE THE DECCA HMVIGATOK COMPANY LTB LOKDOM
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