avigation

English

Etymology

Blend of aerial +‎ navigation.

Noun

avigation (uncountable)

1. (dated, aviation) Aerial navigation.
   • 1928, Amelia Earhart, 20 hrs. 40 mins. Our Flight in the Friendship, page 227:

     The “highs” and “lows” familiar to the meteorologists—the areas of high and low barometric pressure—are forever playing tag with each other, the air from one area flowing in upon the other much as water seeks its own level, creating fair weather and foul, and offering interesting problems to the students of avigation, not to mention variegated experiences to the flyer himself.

   • 1929, Ienar Ewald Elm, Avigation by Dead Reckoning, page 10:

     The purpose of this book is to give the pilot a clear understanding of avigation by dead reckoning, the system used by Colonel Lindbergh in his memorable flight.

   • 1928 May, Flying Magazine, page 40:

     Another reason for the neglected status of avigation is the fact that in the past there has been only slight and spasmodic need for the new science.

   • 1940, Hilton Frank Lusk, General Aeronautics, page 361:

     There are four more or less distinct methods of avigating, all of which are somewhat interrelated. These comprise: Piloting, Radio Avigation, Dead Reckoning, and Celestial Avigation.

Related terms

• avigator