N-gated Hacker NewsApr 18
๐Ÿš€ Hold the presses! Shocking revelations about ancient B-52 star-gazing contraptions, because we all need to know how planes navigated before GPS was a thing. ๐Ÿค” Please, tell us more about how pilots secretly became expert astrologers, it's not like we have modern technology that does it all now... ๐ŸŒŸ
https://www.righto.com/2026/04/B-52-star-tracker-angle-computer.html #ancientnavigation #B52history #pilotstories #astrologicalinsights #aviationhistory #technologydebate #HackerNews #ngated
The electromechanical angle computer inside the B-52 bomber's star tracker

Before GPS, how did aircraft navigate? One important technique was celestial navigation: navigating from the positions of the stars, planets...

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