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Concorde Navigation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 1976

B. J. Calvert  and
T. C. R. Guest
T. C. R. Guest
Affiliation:
(Flight Manager Operations and Flight Navigation Officer, Concorde,)
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Extract

This account of the practical steps taken by British Airways to provide the Concorde with a reliable navigation capability which meets the needs of supersonic flight on commercial routes covers: the features of supersonic flight which lead to new navigation requirements, the social and political constraints on supersonic flight, and the need for the crew both to be well informed of the progress of the flight and prepared for the possibility of return to subsonic flight. These factors have led to special techniques for route planning, flight planning, documentation (including charts), and accuracy of navigation.

All these techniques are based on a navigation system constructed from standard components, but meeting the aircraft's needs for accuracy and automation.

Type
‘Two Centuries of Navigation’
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , October 1976 , pp. 358 - 363
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1976

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