Air Navigation (Third Edition), 1943, 1943

Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 185, Call No.: TL 586 .W4 1943

Identifier: 20061102

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Scope and Contents

Document Type: Book (Technical).

Purpose: Authoritative Reference.

Authority: Author Expertise.

Scope: Technical monograph written for a knowledgable audience by P. V. H. Weems, Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy, Retired.

From Preface to Third Edition: ""This edition goes to press under critical war conditions with the purpose of assisting national defense. Material on civil airways and other phases of air navigation, which would have been treated more fully under normal conditions, has been reduced or omitted in order to make the text as suitable as possible for practical navigation under war conditions.

After fourteen years of evolution, the "Air Almanac" should remain free from radical changes for some years to come. Extracts giving the essential descriptive material of the almanac are included in Appendix B together with sufficient data to permit working the problems in the text.

The author is indebted to Mary Tornich for material from " Radius of Action of Aircraft," to Charles A. Zweng for material from " Instrument Flying," and to W. C. Konicek for help on radio. Link Aviation Devices, Inc., Sperry Gyroscope Company, Kollsman Instrument Company, Pioneer Instrument Company, and D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., gave generous cooperation in the preparation of this book.

With need for an estimated 50,000 navigators for the 185,000-plane program for 1942-1943, navigation will provide a romantic career and a livelihood for hundreds of thousands of American youths within the next ten years.

P. V. H. Weems. ANNAPOLIS, MD., December, 1942."

Contents (from the Table of Contents): "CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTORY REMARKS CHAPTER II - CHARTS CHAPTER III - COMPASSES CHAPTER IV - AIR PILOTAGE CHAPTER V - RADIO CHAPTER VI - DEAD RECKONING - THEORY CHAPTER VII - DEAD RECKONING - EQUIPMENT CHAPTER VIII - DEAD RECKONING - PRACTICE CHAPTER IX - INSTRUMENT FLYING CHAPTER X - OUTLINE OF METEOROLOGY CHAPTER XI - CELESTIAL - NAVIGATION — THEORY CHAPTER XII - CELESTIAL NAVIGATION —EQUIPMENT CHAPTER XIII - CELESTIAL NAVIGATION-PRACTICE

APPENDIX A -AVIATOR'S DEAD-RECKONING TABLES APPENDIX B - NAVIGATION AUXILIARY TABLES" APPENDIX C - SOURCES OF INFORMATION"

Dates

Copyright: 1943
Publication: 1943

Creator

McGraw-Hill Book Company (Publisher, Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research in the Archives & Special Collections reading room. Handling guidelines and use restrictions will be communicated and enforced by archives staff members.

Extent

1 Volume (1 book)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Format & Physical Description

Hardcover bound book, 9.25” height x 6” depth x 1" thickness. Printed on glossy paper. (428 pages including flyleaf pages and three foldouts: one 13" x 18" foldout map; two 10" x 9.25" weather maps). Includes black & white photographs, drawings, charts and tables. One 28" x 32" navigational chart in pocket on back cover.

Note: Overall very good condition with moderate damage to cover and spine.

Publication Data

Published in 1943 by McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. New York and London. Copyright 1931, 1938 and 1943 by the McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., Third edition. Printed in the United States of America by The Maple Press Company, York, PA.