Bill Polhemus

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William Polhemus was the founder of Polhemus, at the time known as Polhemus Associates Inc.

WIlliam Polhemus was active in aviation.[1] He was a captain in the Air Force.[2] He served 22 years on active duty in the military, including in WWII and the Korean War.[3]

He was the president of the Institute of Navigation.[3]

He was on the board of directors of the Wild Goose Association.[4]

He worked on LORAN technology.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "First Annual FAA General Aviation Forecast Conference Proceedings". March 1991. https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA248076.pdf.
  2. ↑ Polhemus, William L. (1960-06-09). "Navigating the Supersonic B-58". Navigation 7 (2-3): 127–139. doi:10.1002/j.2161-4296.1960.tb02448.x.
  3. ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 https://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Forum/Forum_Archives/200203.txt
  4. ↑ "Wild Goose Association Radionavigation Journal 1978". https://web.archive.org/web/20170611025804if_/http://loran.org/journal/1978-Journal.pdf.
  5. ↑ "Sole Means Navigation and Integrity Through Hybrid LORAN-C and Navstar GPS". https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/42824235.pdf.
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