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Navigational instruments are instruments used by nautical navigators and pilots as tools of their trade. The purpose of navigation is to ascertain the present position and to determine the speed, direction, etc. to arrive at the port or point of destination.

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Navigational instrument

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Navigational instruments are instruments used by nautical navigators and pilots as tools of their trade. The purpose of navigation is to ascertain the...

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Navigation

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perform navigation tasks. All navigational techniques involve locating the navigator's position compared to known locations or patterns. Navigation, in a...

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Flight instruments

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loosely as a synonym for cockpit instruments as a whole, in which context it can include engine instruments, navigational and communication equipment. Many...

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Instrument flight rules

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instrument flight, and the related navigational equipment must have been inspected or tested within a specific period of time prior to the instrument...

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List of astronomical instruments

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MuseumPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback Celatone – Navigational aid reliant on tracking Jupiter's moons in the sky Celestial sphere –...

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Radio

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transmitter. In radio navigation systems such as GPS and VOR, a mobile navigation instrument receives radio signals from multiple navigational radio beacons whose...

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Reflecting instrument

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reflecting instruments are used in many professions, they are primarily associated with celestial navigation as the need to solve navigation problems,...

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HMAS Quadrant

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HMAS Quadrant (G11/D11/F01), named for the navigational instrument, was a Q-class destroyer operated by the Royal Navy as HMS Quadrant (G67/D17) during...

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Pelorus Jack

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book of the sea that he was named after the pelorus, a marine navigational instrument, Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand explains that, based...

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Kamal

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(Kamaluddin Mohammed Majeed), Indian film director Kamal (navigation), a navigational instrument for measuring latitude Kamal, Jhapa, a rural municipality...

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Backstaff

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The backstaff is a navigational instrument that was used to measure the altitude of a celestial body, in particular the Sun or Moon. When observing the...

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Octans

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the eighth part of a circle, but it is named after the octant, a navigational instrument. Devised by French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1752...

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List of sensors

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Altimeter Attitude indicator Depth gauge Fluxgate compass Gyroscope Inertial navigation system Inertial reference unit Machmeter Magnetic compass MHD sensor Ring...

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Lateral navigation

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Computer. Index of aviation articles LPV Navigation FAA: LNAV (Lateral Navigation) (archived version) Instrument Procedures Handbook, FAA-H-8083-16B (PDF)...

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Binnacle

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helmsman, in which navigational instruments are placed for easy and quick reference as well as to protect the delicate instruments. Its traditional purpose...

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Automatic direction finder

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automatic direction finder (ADF) is a marine or aircraft radio-navigation instrument that automatically and continuously displays the relative bearing...

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Phil Dodds

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Dodds' grandfather was Philip Van Horn Weems, pioneering founder of navigational instrument company Weems and Plath. Dodds died from cancer on October 6, 2007...

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