In:
Journal of Navigation, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 12, No. 3-4 ( 1959-10), p. 238-248
Abstract:
Disasters result from the breakdown of navigational faculties. Those concerned with the ‘practical’ aspects of navigation naturally assume a standard and infinitely flexible nervous system by which the individual can adjust to the stresses created by great speeds in the absence of habitual sense information. This paper outlines the nervous basis of adjustment to environment ( personal navigation ), the forms of breakdown in disease, and the nature of hallucinations. Some forms of disturbing experiences likely to be felt in modern navigation are predicted and explained. Such problems are seen as integral matters of aviation planning, design and practice. ‘The main aim … is to enable interested persons with quite different backgrounds of knowledge and experience, to come together and consider collectively a subject of common interest from their various standpoints.’ (A. M. A. Majendie, ‘The Significance of Blunders’, this Journal , 12 , 28.)
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0373-4633
,
1469-7785
DOI:
10.1017/S0373463300031064
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
1959
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2015312-0
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