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Tacan

/ 藞迟忙办蓹苍 /

noun

  1. an electronic ultrahigh-frequency navigation system for aircraft which gives a continuous indication of bearing and distance from a transmitting station
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of Tacan1

C20: tac ( tical ) a ( ir ) n ( avigation )
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The park鈥檚 owner is planning to expand the campground, but archivists and Vince Tacan, chief of the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation, oppose it.

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Last week the House Commerce Committee, after reviewing the controversy and the still-secret development of Tacan, turned up a shocking note: since 1948 the Navy and Air Force have spent $176 million to develop Tacan, but they candidly admit that it is still full of bugs.

Omni-DME is slightly more accurate for distance; Tacan is slightly better on direction.

By 1952 word leaked锟給ut that the Navy-inspired Tacan would make Omni-DME obsolete.

The Air Force, which found the Navy system less sensitive to rough terrain than Omni-DME, backed Tacan.

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