The Decca Navigator System was a hyperbolic radio navigation system that allowed ships and aircraft to determine their position by using radio signals...
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book by Jessica Mitford Decca Navigator System, a defunct marine and aeronautical navigation system Decca Radar, later Racal-Decca Marine, a defunct marine...
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achievements of Decca under Lewis were the "Decca Navigation System" (the leading maritime and aviation navigation system prior to GPS), the Decca "ffrr" recording...
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radio navigation system was the World War II-era Gee, introduced by the Royal Air Force for use by RAF Bomber Command. This was followed by the Decca Navigator...
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are equipped with navigation radars of Decca origin (either license-produced or directly imported).[citation needed] In 1959 Racal Decca, as the company...
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navigation systems was the UK's Gee and Decca, followed by the US LORAN and LORAN-C systems. LORAN-C offered accurate navigation at distances over 1,000 kilometres...
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popular navigation system in use through the 1980s and 90s, and its popularity led to many older systems being shut down, like Gee and Decca. However...
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LORAN (redirect from Loomis radio navigation)
expensive portions of the system at the few broadcast stations, the Decca Navigation System using this technique went active in 1944, offering accuracy...
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The field of navigation includes four general categories: land navigation, marine navigation, aeronautic navigation, and space navigation. It is also the...
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and sea. The CCB also featured Raytheon Pathfinder 1900 radar and a Decca navigation installation.: 178 By the end of 1967 each river assault squadron...
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