Navigation over the Pacific

[Pips]

During WWII US naval aviators used the 'whizz wheel' as a basic tool for overseas navigation. See here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E6B

[heloguy]

Originally Posted by Pips

During WWII US naval aviators used the 'whizz wheel' as a basic tool for overseas navigation. See here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E6B

Same tool used today. Increasingly less and less because of new technology, but a basic skill still learned in any flight school, and a basic tool required on every flight.