Earth's rotation affects bubble of bubble sextant used in aircraft, necessitating application of correction that increases in magnitude with increase in latitude and increase in ground speed; tables listing correction as function of ground speed and latitude are given in Air Almanac and indicate that correction to be applied is independent of course of aircraft; theoretic treatment given suggests, however, that correction is dependent in part on direction of motion of aircraft.


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    Title :

    Influence of earth's rotation on bubble sextant readings


    Additional title:

    Aeronautical Eng Rev


    Contributors:
    Green, J.J. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1945


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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