Navworld.com
Title
The cyber-center for fostering continued interest in aviation
Description
Excerpted from the website:
- After growing up in Los Angeles, Portney joined the US Navy in the radio technician program in WWII. Upon discharge, he entered UCLA and then received an appointment to the US Naval Academy where he graduated in 1952, received a commission in the United States Air Force and began a 50-year career in navigation. After eight years of active duty as a B-26 and B-47 navigator in the Tactical and Strategic Air Commands, he left the Air Force for a 38-year career as an engineer and advanced programs manager at Litton Guidance and Control Systems. As the navigator-engineer in three historic firsts in inertial technology, he made flights over the North Pole and led teams that designed and installed inertial navigation systems for Air Force One, KC-135 Speckled Trout and the AC-130A gunships. He was editor of an avionics newsletter, wrote numerous papers and spoke many times on navigation to professional societies and universities. Portney created Earthgrids and Earthshapes that became award winning Pilots' and Navigators' Calendar-Atlas'. Earthshapes was published for classrooms world-wide and appeared on TV and web sites being viewed by tens of millions over the years. He was a trustee of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.
Languages
English
Address
- Portney, 4981 Amigo Ave
- Tarzana CA 91356 US
Contact
- Portney, Joseph
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- +1 818 705 4957, Fax: +1 818 344 7429
