Navigator

A navigator is the person onboard a ship responsible for the navigation of the vessel. On aircraft, the position may also be referred to as a flight officer. The navigator's responsibilities include planning the journey, advising the captain (or pilot) while en route, and ensuring that hazards or obstacles are avoided.

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In the United States Air Force, the Navigator Badge is earned by officers so qualified. Depending on the aircraft and job responsibilities, navigators in the Air Force may also be referred to as Weapon System Officers (WSO) or Electronic Warfare Officers (EWO). In the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, the equivalent position is known as a Naval Flight Officer (NFO).

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Shipborne Navigators in the U.S. Navy must be Surface Warfare qualified.

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In the Royal Air Force, the term navigator is always used for the holder of this position in aircraft, including the backseat crew member in two-seater aircraft. Like pilots, navigators are always commissioned officers. They wear the single-wing aircrew brevet, with a capital 'N' in the centre.

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Navigation: : This article concerns navigation in the sense of determination of position and direction on the surface of the Earth. See Navigation (disambiguation) for other meanings....

Captain: Captain is both a nautical term and a military rank. The word came to English via French from the Latin capitaneus ("chief") which is itself derived from the Latin word for "head" (caput)....

United States Air Force: The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aviation branch of the United States armed forces. The mission of the USAF is "to defend the United States and protect its interests through air and space power". It was created as a separate branch on September 18, 1947....

Navigator related Images and Photos (experimental)

Night Sky Navigator	The Navigator 1924	John Cabot Navigator	Buster Keaton: The Navigator 1924
Bartholomew Diaz Portuguese Navigator Sails to the Cape	Alonso di Ojeda Navigator with Columbus	Amerigo Vespucci Italian Navigator	Amerigo Vespucci Italian Navigator
Christopher Columbus Italian Navigator	Henry the Navigator (1394-1460) Detail from the Polyptych of St. Vincent circa 1465	Jean de Bethencourt French Navigator Conqueror of the Canary Islands	Sebastian Cabot Map Maker and Navigator Son of John Cabot