This is a video made shortly after WW II toutng LORAN use by civilian shipping.
In the mid 70's when I was at Navy OCS we learned how to do LORAN fixes off paper LORAN charts. Interpolating between the hyperbolic lines of position was a trick
My undergrad EE advisor had worked at the MIT Rad Lab during WW II. He had a prototype LORAN receiver in his office. The scales had been hand-drawn on the adjustment knobs.
There was a LORAN station near I lived. It was a sad day when it was shut down. I suppose when the last VOR is shut down that'll be sad, too.
In the mid 70's when I was at Navy OCS we learned how to do LORAN fixes off paper LORAN charts. Interpolating between the hyperbolic lines of position was a trick
My undergrad EE advisor had worked at the MIT Rad Lab during WW II. He had a prototype LORAN receiver in his office. The scales had been hand-drawn on the adjustment knobs.
There was a LORAN station near I lived. It was a sad day when it was shut down. I suppose when the last VOR is shut down that'll be sad, too.
