User talk:Rthardy

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[edit] Welcome to Wikipedia!!!

Hello Rthardy! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. If you decide that you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. You may also push the signature button located above the edit window. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. This is considered an important guideline in Wikipedia. Even a short summary is better than no summary. Below are some pages to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! -- Kukini hablame aqui 13:28, 15 June 2007 (UTC) Getting Started Wikipedia Tutorial How to edit a page The five pillars of Wikipedia Manual of Style Be bold in editing How to write a great article WikiProjects Getting your info out there Citing sources Neutral Point of View Describing points of view Attribution Uploading images Image use policy Getting more Wikipedia rules Policy Library Getting Help New contributors' help page Where to ask a question Help Desk Frequently Asked Questions Getting along Etiquette Civility Sign your posts Wikipedians Resolving disputes Getting technical Cleaning up vandalism Pages needing attention Peer review Tools Village pump

[edit] Editing concerns

1. Your first edit/creation requires cleanup, verification, and context. --Kukini ^{hablame aqui} 13:28, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Johnson's Corner

I am going to have to delete the article as it still has no context, but I believe that you might possibly be building a real article, and we just cannot tell yet. Please read the links I gave you above, work on this article in your sandbox, and bring it back to life once it meets minimum wikipedia standards.--Kukini ^{hablame aqui} 14:49, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Johnson's Corner...?

Pacific Ocean navigation was difficult in the early days of aviation. It often involved flying long distances to small islands.

The basic procedure, called dead reckoning, was to fly a constant heading for a specified time, and then look for and expect to find the target, but that was inefficient.

The most efficient course to fly would have been to follow a great circle route, but that was effectively impossible given the available navigation aids, so a compromise was often made to divide the route into two parts: Fly a constant heading for a specified time, then turn to a new heading, fly for a specified time, and expect to find the target.

This was routinely done in flying from the mainland USA to Hawaii, and the turn was made at an empty spot in the middle of the Pacific Ocean called Johnson's Corner.