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The Vertical Reference in Aircraft

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2010

W. A. W. Fox
Affiliation:
(Ministry of Supply)
D. Barnett
Affiliation:
(Ministry of Supply)

Extract

This paper will discuss various methods of defining the vertical in aircraft. It is unrealistic to examine the vertical in navigation only in terms of providing a reference for sextant altitude measurement and the paper will therefore discuss more general problems of aircraft stability, which can themselves to some extent be studied by means of the sextant.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1953

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