[Milsurplus] Naval Aviation Navigation

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

I guess my rememberer is not as good as my forgetterer!

Mac, K2GKK/5


----Original Message Follows----
From: w8au at sssnet.com
To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Naval Aviation Navigation
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:13:51 -0500

At 08:00 PM 3/13/06, D C (Mac) Macdonald wrote:
>TACAN = TACtical Aid to Navigation

Back on my DDR, (Destroyer/Radar Picket) our TACAN
was always referred to as:

Tactical Air Control And Navigation.

The "air" part of it was usually demonstrated
when a "Panther" or an A-4 would come screaming
in right over us after "homing in."

Neato...

Perry   w8au ______________________________________________________________
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