Learning the Celestial Navigation Trainer

Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum
Washington, DC, United States

Left to right: Irene Aide (with a Link A-12 sextant in the CNT’s navigator position), Linnea Peterson (instructor), Jane Hall (radio operator), and Elinor Johnson (pilot) learn the functioning of the simulator in 1944 at the 10-week Navigation Trainer Operators and Maintenance School at Naval Air Station Seattle.

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Title: Learning the Celestial Navigation Trainer
Rights: National Archives and Records Administration

Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum

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