X-Nico

unusual facts about Navigator


Airspeed Oxford

When used as a navigation trainer the second seat was pushed back to line up with the chart table.


13214 Chirikov

It is named after Aleksei Chirikov, an 18th-century Russian navigator who was part of the Great Northern Expedition.

1995 Airstan incident

On board the plane were Russian nationals: Vladimir Sharpatov (commander), Gazinur Khairullin (second pilot), Alexander Zdor (navigator), Askhad Abbyazov, Yuri Vshivtsev, Sergei Butuzov and Viktor Ryazanov.

Adrienne Cahalan

She has been the navigator on four line honours winners in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race including Wild Oats.

Antonio de Noli Academic Society

The Antonio de Noli Academic Society is an international, non-profit research organization founded in 2009 at Serra Riccò (Province of Genoa, Italy) by descendants of the Genoese navigator Antonio de Noli—the first discoverer of Cape Verde Islands and the first European Colonial Governor in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Bartlett Glacier

It was discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named by Richard E. Byrd for Captain Robert A. Bartlett of Brigus, Newfoundland, a noted Arctic navigator and explorer who recommended that the expedition acquire the Bear, an ice-ship which was purchased and rechristened by Byrd as the Bear of Oakland.

Bill Hinnant

He attended the Yale School of Drama, but left after his sophomore year in 1958 to originate the role of the navigator in the Broadway play, No Time for Sergeants.

Cape Mentelle

The cape was named on 4 February 1803 by French navigator Nicolas Baudin, on his expedition to Australia, after Edme Mentelle (1730-1815), a French geographer, historian and cartographer.

Deception Pass Bridge

In the spring of 1792, Joseph Whidbey, master of HMS Discovery and Captain Vancouver's chief navigator proved that it was not really a small bay as charted by the Spaniards (hence the name "Deception"), but a deep and turbulent channel that connects the Strait of Juan de Fuca with the Saratoga Passage, which separates the mainland from what they believed was a peninsula (actually Fidalgo Island and Whidbey Island).

Flinders County

Flinders County was named in honour of the navigator, hydrographer, and scientist Matthew Flinders (1774-1814).

Flinders Street, Adelaide

It is named after the navigator and cartographer Captain Matthew Flinders.

Formosa Peak

The peak was first mapped in 1576 during a voyage by the Portuguese navigator and cartographer, Manuel de Mesquita Perestrelo, when his ship put in at Plettenberg Bay, which he named 'Bahia Formosa' or 'beautiful bay'.

Giannetto De Rossi

De Rossi was next called by Dino De Laurentiis to work with Carlo Rambaldi to create the on-set practical effects for two films in Mexico including the sci fi blockbuster Dune, for which he worked wonders, creating the fetus-shaped Spice Guild Navigator seen floating in a tank.

Hanno the Navigator

This Hanno is called the Navigator to distinguish him from a number of other Carthaginians with this name, including the perhaps more prominent, though later, Hanno the Great (see Hanno for others of this name).

Hans-Joachim Dönitz

He then served as Chief of Staff and navigator in the anti-submarine division in the 4th Flotilla, based at Warnemünde.

Hanson, Massachusetts

Rear Admiral Albert C. Read (1887–1967), Commander/Navigator of the NC-4, the first aircraft to complete a transatlantic flight in 1919

Hugh D. MacPhie

Upon leaving government, MacPhie joined the communications firm Navigator Limited, where he worked with prominent leaders in the Canadian public affairs community, including Jaime Watt, Greg Lyle, Stewart Braddick, Hugh McFadyen, and Warren Kinsella.

Jabat Island

First recorded sighting of Jabat Island was by the Spanish navigator Alonso de Arellano on 8 January 1565 on board of the patache San Lucas.

John Bean

Initially he was a trainee navigator in RAF Volunteer Reserve and later as a sailor in the Royal Navy.

Kenneth Eriksson

He then enjoyed his final season with Škoda, in 2002, alongside female navigator Tina Thörner in the light of Parmander's retirement and with his team-mate in the sister Octavia WRC being the young Finn Toni Gardemeister.

Kolno

Polish historian and cartographer Joachim Lelewel (1786–1861) was the first to gather all available mentions of Jan of Kolno known as Johannes Scolnus, and claimed that Scolvus was really Jan z Kolna (English: John of Kolno), a Polish navigator of the Danish fleet.

Kunashir Island

Russian navigator Vasily Golovnin attempted to map and explore the island in 1811, but was apprehended by Japanese authorities and spent two years in prison.

Leo Mustonen

Mustonen joined the army during his senior high school year in Brainerd, Minnesota and was in training to become a navigator when he was reported missing.

Lib Island

The first recorded sighting by Europeans of Lib Island happened in the beginning of 1565 by Spanish navigator Alonso de Arellano commanding patache San Lucas.

Luis Jacob

Artists including Peaches, Greek Buck, Navigator (Simon Cowling), Aria, The Dot Wiggen Strings (Sandro Perri and Todd Fox), Pausenfuller, Brandon Labelle and Frank Rynne.

Mākaro / Ward Island

Maori tradition is that both of these islands received their original Māori names from Kupe, the semi-legendary first navigator to reach New Zealand and get home again with reports of the new land, but this cannot be verified.

Moi Torrallardona

Moisès "Moi" Torrallardona (born on September 13, 1966 at Castellfollit del Boix, Manresa) is a Spanish off-road rally truck co-driver and navigator.

Moneron Island

It came under the daimyo of Matsumae clan in the 18th century and got its current European name from a visit of the French navigator La Perouse, who named it Moneron after Paul Mérault Monneron, the chief engineer of his expedition.

Muller Point

Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Johannes Muller, Second Officer and navigator of the Deutschland during the German Antarctic Expedition, 1911-12.

Netscape Navigator

Netscape Navigator was based on the Mosaic web browser, which was co-written by Marc Andreessen, a part-time employee of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications and a student at the University of Illinois.

Netscape Navigator 9

After AOL outsourced the development of Netscape Browser 8 to Mercurial Communications in 2004, Netscape Navigator 9 marked the first Netscape browser to be produced in-house since Netscape 7.

No Moon Tonight

No Moon Tonight is a World War II autobiographical book by Halifax/Lancaster/Wellington bomber navigator Don Charlwood.

Peter Stockwell

On the completion of his navigator training, Stockwell was posted to No. 1 Squadron which flew the B170 Bristol Freighter at that time.

Phoenix Islands Protected Area

Since 1988, The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) has been testing the hypothesis that the missing 1937 flight of Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan landed at Nikumaroro.

Portland Bay

The bay was named after the Duke of Portland, a Secretary of State and later Prime Minister of Great Britain, by Lieutenant James Grant sailing on the Lady Nelson, on 7 December 1800.

R. v. Perka

William Perka served as navigator and William Terry Hines, a San Rafael, California diesel mechanic served as engineer.

Rich Rosen

He hosted his own popular "Monty Python home page" that was cited by both Lycos and the Global Network Navigator.

Rimsky

Voin Rimsky-Korsakov (1822–1871), Russian navigator, hydrographer, and geographer

Roy Calvert

Along with his navigator, Calvert was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in October 1942 for his part in several combat missions over hostile territory including the 94-bomber raid on the Le Creusot armament factory, whilst flying both Manchesters and Lancasters.

Samuel Dash

At the age of 18, with the United States engaged in fighting World War II, Dash enlisted in the Army Air Corps and served as a bombardier navigator, flying missions over Italy.

Savva Mamontov

"Contemporaries called Savva Mamontov "Savva the Magnificent" likening him to Duke Lorenzo de' Medici who was known as Lorenzo the Magnificent. But Savva Mamontov was more than a patron of arts and letters, he was a businessman as well, and his contribution to both the national economy and the arts was equally great." (The Russian Cultural Navigator)

Seven Seas Navigator

Seven Seas Navigator is a cruise ship for Regent Seven Seas Cruises.

Shawn Connally

Connally began working for O’Reilly Media in the mid-1990s, writing for GNN, the Global Network Navigator – the web’s first commercial website.

Sparks of Ancient Light

Hanno the Navigator is a reference to Hanno the Navigator, a 5th-century BCE Carthaginian explorer best known for his naval exploration of the African coast.

The 37's

Joining Commander Chakotay's (Robert Beltran) team, the crew finds a "cryostasis chamber" containing eight Humans preserved since the 1930s, including Amelia Earhart (Sharon Lawrence) and her navigator, Fred Noonan (David Graf).

The Naked Time

Ship's navigator Lt. Kevin Riley, who believes himself to be descended from Irish royalty, wanders down to Engineering where he tricks the staff into leaving and takes over control of the ship, declaring himself the Captain of the Enterprise, before giving orders and warbling "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen" repeatedly over the public address system.

Theodore Van Kirk

Theodore Van Kirk (born 27 February 1921 in Northumberland, Pennsylvania) is a former United States Army Air Force navigator.

Velocity Trap

The interception occurs, Stokes and Beth Sheffield (Alicia Coppola), the attractive female navigator are the only survivors of the ensuing gun play, they steal the money and buy the mining colony.

Weddell

James Weddell (1787–1834), English navigator and Antarctic explorer; eponym of Weddell Sea, Weddell Island, Weddell Glacier, and Weddell seal

Yamaya Tanin

Transferred to the converted passenger liner Saikyo-maru, Yamaya served as chief navigator during the First Sino-Japanese War and was present during the Battle of the Yalu on September 17, 1894, along with the belligerent Navy General Staff Admiral Kabayama Sukenori.


see also