06-02-2016, 06:22 PM
Hi guys, here is a webpage that has a lot of good info about landfall procedures. The page is focused mainly on Fred Noonan and Amelia Earharts last flight but as stated before, lots on landfalls.
https://sites.google.com/site/fredienoon...-procedure
To oversimplify the process all you do is travel (fly or sail) purposely to one side of your destination and precompute a LOP over your destination for your ETA. When your sextant tells you that you are on that LOP you then turn towards your destination and head down the line until you arrive. Remember you went off to one side so you know which way the destination is and can turn towards it. This is usually used during the day when the sun is your only body for a sight. If it were nighttime you would just shoot some stars and get a fix. I've only been learning celnav for a month so I'm no expert but I'm pretty sure that's right.
https://sites.google.com/site/fredienoon...-procedure
To oversimplify the process all you do is travel (fly or sail) purposely to one side of your destination and precompute a LOP over your destination for your ETA. When your sextant tells you that you are on that LOP you then turn towards your destination and head down the line until you arrive. Remember you went off to one side so you know which way the destination is and can turn towards it. This is usually used during the day when the sun is your only body for a sight. If it were nighttime you would just shoot some stars and get a fix. I've only been learning celnav for a month so I'm no expert but I'm pretty sure that's right.