Articles tagged with: PROFESSOR DAVID LAST

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Feb 2007 | Comments Off on Satellite Navigation– Truths & Myths
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Today’s professional navigators may well be the last. As recently as a generation ago, navigation was almost solely the specialised art of a small number of highly-skilled people. They wore uniforms with emblems on their shoulders. They had years of training.They used complex, expensive, equipment. They bestrode the bridges of ships and the fl ight decks of the large commercial aircraft and took star shots.