Which aircraft had such a luxurious-looking navigator's station?
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I'm reading the BBC's How Fiji changed the way we travel; The little Pacific island nation was the first to incorporate GPS into its aviation system – and in doing so forever changed the way we get from Point A to distant Point B. and saw this photo of a spacious navigator's station with a large, elegantly designed desk, bay windows, and a small set of instruments.
What aircraft and timeframe was this? Does the photo portray a commercial flight?
bonus points: Were flare guns routinely stored out in the open like that at the time?
Until the late 20th Century, flight crews often included a flight navigator whose job it was to keep the plane on course (Credit: Museum of Flight Foundation/Getty Images)
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asked Mar 4 at 3:26
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I'm reading the BBC's How Fiji changed the way we travel; The little Pacific island nation was the first to incorporate GPS into its aviation system – and in doing so forever changed the way we get from Point A to distant Point B. and saw this photo of a spacious navigator's station with a large, elegantly designed desk, bay windows, and a small set of instruments.
What aircraft and timeframe was this? Does the photo portray a commercial flight?
bonus points: Were flare guns routinely stored out in the open like that at the time?
Until the late 20th Century, flight crews often included a flight navigator whose job it was to keep the plane on course (Credit: Museum of Flight Foundation/Getty Images)
aviation-history aircraft-identification feature-identification
asked Mar 4 at 3:26
uhohuhoh
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Who else noticed the pistol in the bottom left corner? Uh, it's a flare gun .
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– Bimpelrekkie
Mar 4 at 10:17
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@Bimpelrekkie the OP noticed it, it's a flare gun, that's why they asked about it as their bonus points question
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– dkwarr87
Mar 4 at 10:19
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On the bonus question: flares were often used for communication between planes, sometime even when all planes in the formation had radio (to the point that new flare systems had to be designed for high altitude pressurized bombers at the end of WWII). Given the number of cartridges right under the flare gun, I think it is indeed for communication and not just for distress signaling, so you would probably want it readily available.
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– Luris
Mar 4 at 10:29
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@Luris tell us more! Did aircraft flying in formation ever use flares to communicate with each other?
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– uhoh
Mar 4 at 12:03
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Well the desk certainly does look luxurious and elegant, so your humour went straight over my head. I guess sarcasm and facetiousness have never travelled well by 'Net...
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– Toby Speight
Mar 4 at 15:50
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I'm reading the BBC's How Fiji changed the way we travel; The little Pacific island nation was the first to incorporate GPS into its aviation system – and in doing so forever changed the way we get from Point A to distant Point B. and saw this photo of a spacious navigator's station with a large, elegantly designed desk, bay windows, and a small set of instruments.
What aircraft and timeframe was this? Does the photo portray a commercial flight?
bonus points: Were flare guns routinely stored out in the open like that at the time?
Until the late 20th Century, flight crews often included a flight navigator whose job it was to keep the plane on course (Credit: Museum of Flight Foundation/Getty Images)
aviation-history aircraft-identification feature-identification
asked Mar 4 at 3:26
uhohuhoh
1,5311629
$endgroup$
I'm reading the BBC's How Fiji changed the way we travel; The little Pacific island nation was the first to incorporate GPS into its aviation system – and in doing so forever changed the way we get from Point A to distant Point B. and saw this photo of a spacious navigator's station with a large, elegantly designed desk, bay windows, and a small set of instruments.
What aircraft and timeframe was this? Does the photo portray a commercial flight?
bonus points: Were flare guns routinely stored out in the open like that at the time?
Until the late 20th Century, flight crews often included a flight navigator whose job it was to keep the plane on course (Credit: Museum of Flight Foundation/Getty Images)
aviation-history aircraft-identification feature-identification
aviation-history aircraft-identification feature-identification
asked Mar 4 at 3:26
uhohuhoh
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asked Mar 4 at 3:26
uhohuhoh
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edited Mar 4 at 3:32
uhoh
asked Mar 4 at 3:26
uhohuhoh
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asked Mar 4 at 3:26
uhohuhoh
1,5311629
asked Mar 4 at 3:26
uhohuhoh
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Who else noticed the pistol in the bottom left corner? Uh, it's a flare gun .
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– Bimpelrekkie
Mar 4 at 10:17
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@Bimpelrekkie the OP noticed it, it's a flare gun, that's why they asked about it as their bonus points question
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– dkwarr87
Mar 4 at 10:19
5
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On the bonus question: flares were often used for communication between planes, sometime even when all planes in the formation had radio (to the point that new flare systems had to be designed for high altitude pressurized bombers at the end of WWII). Given the number of cartridges right under the flare gun, I think it is indeed for communication and not just for distress signaling, so you would probably want it readily available.
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– Luris
Mar 4 at 10:29
3
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@Luris tell us more! Did aircraft flying in formation ever use flares to communicate with each other?
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– uhoh
Mar 4 at 12:03
5
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Well the desk certainly does look luxurious and elegant, so your humour went straight over my head. I guess sarcasm and facetiousness have never travelled well by 'Net...
$endgroup$
– Toby Speight
Mar 4 at 15:50
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show 3 more comments
8
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Who else noticed the pistol in the bottom left corner? Uh, it's a flare gun .
$endgroup$
– Bimpelrekkie
Mar 4 at 10:17
9
$begingroup$
@Bimpelrekkie the OP noticed it, it's a flare gun, that's why they asked about it as their bonus points question
$endgroup$
– dkwarr87
Mar 4 at 10:19
5
$begingroup$
On the bonus question: flares were often used for communication between planes, sometime even when all planes in the formation had radio (to the point that new flare systems had to be designed for high altitude pressurized bombers at the end of WWII). Given the number of cartridges right under the flare gun, I think it is indeed for communication and not just for distress signaling, so you would probably want it readily available.
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– Luris
Mar 4 at 10:29
3
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@Luris tell us more! Did aircraft flying in formation ever use flares to communicate with each other?
$endgroup$
– uhoh
Mar 4 at 12:03
5
$begingroup$
Well the desk certainly does look luxurious and elegant, so your humour went straight over my head. I guess sarcasm and facetiousness have never travelled well by 'Net...
$endgroup$
– Toby Speight
Mar 4 at 15:50
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8
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Who else noticed the pistol in the bottom left corner? Uh, it's a flare gun .
$endgroup$
– Bimpelrekkie
Mar 4 at 10:17
$begingroup$
Who else noticed the pistol in the bottom left corner? Uh, it's a flare gun .
$endgroup$
– Bimpelrekkie
Mar 4 at 10:17
9
9
$begingroup$
@Bimpelrekkie the OP noticed it, it's a flare gun, that's why they asked about it as their bonus points question
$endgroup$
– dkwarr87
Mar 4 at 10:19
$begingroup$
@Bimpelrekkie the OP noticed it, it's a flare gun, that's why they asked about it as their bonus points question
$endgroup$
– dkwarr87
Mar 4 at 10:19
5
5
$begingroup$
On the bonus question: flares were often used for communication between planes, sometime even when all planes in the formation had radio (to the point that new flare systems had to be designed for high altitude pressurized bombers at the end of WWII). Given the number of cartridges right under the flare gun, I think it is indeed for communication and not just for distress signaling, so you would probably want it readily available.
$endgroup$
– Luris
Mar 4 at 10:29
$begingroup$
On the bonus question: flares were often used for communication between planes, sometime even when all planes in the formation had radio (to the point that new flare systems had to be designed for high altitude pressurized bombers at the end of WWII). Given the number of cartridges right under the flare gun, I think it is indeed for communication and not just for distress signaling, so you would probably want it readily available.
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– Luris
Mar 4 at 10:29
3
3
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@Luris tell us more! Did aircraft flying in formation ever use flares to communicate with each other?
$endgroup$
– uhoh
Mar 4 at 12:03
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@Luris tell us more! Did aircraft flying in formation ever use flares to communicate with each other?
$endgroup$
– uhoh
Mar 4 at 12:03
5
5
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Well the desk certainly does look luxurious and elegant, so your humour went straight over my head. I guess sarcasm and facetiousness have never travelled well by 'Net...
$endgroup$
– Toby Speight
Mar 4 at 15:50
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Well the desk certainly does look luxurious and elegant, so your humour went straight over my head. I guess sarcasm and facetiousness have never travelled well by 'Net...
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– Toby Speight
Mar 4 at 15:50
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It's a Boeing 314 flying boat.
From the late 30s (look at the two rectangular windows behind the cockpit).
The last dedicated navigators on long range flights had started to disappear by the late 60s in the airline business.
edited Mar 4 at 12:49
kebs
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answered Mar 4 at 3:38
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Hmm, where is that? It looks like Lake Washington but I can't find clicking through the links.
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– Azor Ahai
Mar 4 at 18:02
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It's a Boeing 314 flying boat. From the late 30s (look at the two rectangular windows behind the cockpit).
The last dedicated navigators on long range flights had started to disappear by the late 60s in the airline business.
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Hmm, where is that? It looks like Lake Washington but I can't find clicking through the links.
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– Azor Ahai
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It's a Boeing 314 flying boat. From the late 30s (look at the two rectangular windows behind the cockpit).
The last dedicated navigators on long range flights had started to disappear by the late 60s in the airline business.
edited Mar 4 at 12:49
kebs
394316
answered Mar 4 at 3:38
John KJohn K
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Hmm, where is that? It looks like Lake Washington but I can't find clicking through the links.
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– Azor Ahai
Mar 4 at 18:02
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It's a Boeing 314 flying boat. From the late 30s (look at the two rectangular windows behind the cockpit).
The last dedicated navigators on long range flights had started to disappear by the late 60s in the airline business.
edited Mar 4 at 12:49
kebs
394316
answered Mar 4 at 3:38
John KJohn K
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It's a Boeing 314 flying boat. From the late 30s (look at the two rectangular windows behind the cockpit).
The last dedicated navigators on long range flights had started to disappear by the late 60s in the airline business.
edited Mar 4 at 12:49
kebs
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answered Mar 4 at 3:38
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kebs
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Hmm, where is that? It looks like Lake Washington but I can't find clicking through the links.
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– Azor Ahai
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Hmm, where is that? It looks like Lake Washington but I can't find clicking through the links.
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– Azor Ahai
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Hmm, where is that? It looks like Lake Washington but I can't find clicking through the links.
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– Azor Ahai
Mar 4 at 18:02
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Hmm, where is that? It looks like Lake Washington but I can't find clicking through the links.
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Who else noticed the pistol in the bottom left corner? Uh, it's a flare gun .
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– Bimpelrekkie
Mar 4 at 10:17
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@Bimpelrekkie the OP noticed it, it's a flare gun, that's why they asked about it as their bonus points question
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– dkwarr87
Mar 4 at 10:19
5
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On the bonus question: flares were often used for communication between planes, sometime even when all planes in the formation had radio (to the point that new flare systems had to be designed for high altitude pressurized bombers at the end of WWII). Given the number of cartridges right under the flare gun, I think it is indeed for communication and not just for distress signaling, so you would probably want it readily available.
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– Luris
Mar 4 at 10:29
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@Luris tell us more! Did aircraft flying in formation ever use flares to communicate with each other?
$endgroup$
– uhoh
Mar 4 at 12:03
5
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Well the desk certainly does look luxurious and elegant, so your humour went straight over my head. I guess sarcasm and facetiousness have never travelled well by 'Net...
$endgroup$
– Toby Speight
Mar 4 at 15:50