WAVES Students Take Practice Flight in Celestial Trainer

WAVES Students Take Practice Flight in Celestial Trainer

WAVES specialists taking 10-week course at Navy Link Celestial Navigation schools at two widely-separated Naval Air Stations – Quonset Point, Rhode Island, and Seattle, Washington. Those pictured above are at NAS Seattle. Students rotate duties as they take practice ‘flights’ in Celestial Trainers. Here are (left to right), Irene Aide, navigator; Linnea Peterson, instructor; Jane Hall, radio operator; and Elinor Johnson, pilot. All are Specialists (Teachers).

Photo size: 3000 × 2417
Photo source: Naval History and Heritage Command
Usage: Public Domain