Yes Kirk, Pressure Pattern navigation was the way to go on those
trans-Pacific high altitude flights. Then, of course, you could save a lot
of fuel when leaving the West Coast at FL 280 and cruise climbing to FL 490
prior to the long idle decent into NAS Barbers Point, HI.

Wayne
A-3B Skywarrior, A-6A Intruder
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"kirk.stant" wrote in message
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On Thursday, May 3, 2012 8:40:14 AM UTC-5, Wayne wrote:
POPS, there are a few of us still hanging around. I did a bit of
celestial
navigation back in the day when I was a Bombardier/Navigator flying A-3B
Skywarriors. In fact I spent one tour as a celestial navigation
instructor.

Celestial? Pah - too easy. Now Pressure - That's navigating!

(For you young pups - Pressure is navigation via altimeter...look it up.)

Kirk
T-29s at USAFA and T-43s at Mather...