In the days before GPS, how did planes find their way back to their aircraft carrier, especially since the carrier would not be where it was when they took off?
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They knew where they were going (roughly), and knew where the carrier was supposed to be when they returned. So when the fight was over, they’d point in the direction the carrier was supposed to be relative to where they think they were, and hope for the best. Formations would spread out as far as they could, and the first to spot the carrier would radio the others.
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