December 19, 201213 yr That ship was originally N372US (Northwest) per the SELCAL. Apparently it is still flying! Currently registered as ST-APY with "Trans Arabian Air Cargo". Would be curious to see what the flight deck looks like today... Amazing. I did not know she was still around thought by now it would be part of my beer or pop cans, but clearly Mr.Boeing knew what he was doing. As for the SELCAL, not many people would have known what those letters stood for, I can vaguely remember the call tone and the blinking yellow lights, had to do a test eastbound with Gander and west bound with Shanwick Oceanic, which was assigned to the flight engineer. Lots of fun.
December 19, 201213 yr Sorry, didn't check that mister scott already mentioned subs & omega. Also some interest stuff : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenz_beam
December 19, 201213 yr Gentlemen, and Miss Sara, thank you for such deep answer, I still can not believe that thay used orientation via stars , amazing! For Omega system I know it, since they also used it on subs, it trully was an amazing equipment for that era. Here is another picture of the installation of the sextant in the roof of the 707 cockpit: http://www.flickr.co...N00/6000941662/ Btw DC-6/7 and Connie's used also sextants for celestial navigation. That ship was originally N372US (Northwest) per the SELCAL. Apparently it is still flying! Currently registered as ST-APY with "Trans Arabian Air Cargo". Below is a link to a production list for the Boeing 707. N372US is marked W/O, written off. (search N372US) http://www.abcdlist....seattle_02.html It crash-landed in Lake Victoria in Tanzania on 03/02/2000 . The report with some nice pictures of the 707 swimming in the lake is here: http://aviation-safe...p?id=20000203-0 Guy
December 19, 201213 yr Here is another picture of the installation of the sextant in the roof of the 707 cockpit: http://www.flickr.co...N00/6000941662/ Btw DC-6/7 and Connie's used also sextants for celestial navigation. Below is a link to a production list for the Boeing 707. N372US is marked W/O, written off. (search N372US) http://www.abcdlist....seattle_02.html It crash-landed in Lake Victoria in Tanzania on 03/02/2000 . The report with some nice pictures of the 707 swimming in the lake is here: http://aviation-safe...p?id=20000203-0 Guy You're right.... looked up the SELCAL on rzjets.net, which gave the original tail number, and subsequent history. I didn't see the note right at the bottom of the list which said "written off". It appears to have passed through the hands of several different operators after it was sold by Northwest in 1974, with Trans-Arabian being the one who planted her in the lake! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Jim BarrettLicensed Airframe & Powerplant Mechanic, Avionics, Electrical & Air Data Systems Specialist. Qualified on: Falcon 900, CRJ-200, Dornier 328-100, Hawker 850XP and 1000, Lear 35, 45, 55 and 60, Gulfstream IV and 550, Embraer 135, Beech Premiere and 400A, MD-80.
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