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Collection of the papers of Michael Pearson relating to his work on the Omnitrac airborne computer for Decca Navigator Company. Includes predominantly Decca technical proposals, brochures, and reports. Also included are Pearson’s presentations, pilot guides, manuals and instructions, and some correspondence, almost all of the period c. 1960 to 1970s. There are also notes covering theory, programming and operation.
Compiled by Beata Bradford
Reference Date Description Box Number Code
OMN/001 undated MONA Ambac/Decca modular area Box 1 navigation system; The Decca Navigator Company Limited
OMN/002 undated The Ambac Decca Modular Box 1 Navigation System, specifications
OMN/003 1970 Description of the L-1011 Box 1 Modular Navigation System for Submittal to FAA; Lockheed- California Company.
OMN/004 1972 Avionic Flight Control System, Box 1 Lockheed-California Company
OMN/005 1972 Automated Navigation Systems; Box 1 Lockheed-California Company
OMN/006 1969 Navigation Systems, Short Take Box 1 Off Landing, Evaluation Program; American Airlines, Inc.
OMN/007 Undated Nav Aid Draken, Decca Harco Box 1 navigational system proposal
OMN/008 1975 Determination of Position by Box 1 Satellite-Doppler Techniques; First seminar on Satellite- Doppler techniques by V.Ashkenazi and R.J. Gough. (2 issues)
OMN/009 1976 Compendium of Formulae on Box 1 Geodetic Position Networks, by V.Ashkenazi; University of Nottingham, Department of Civil Engineering
OMN/010 1996 Decca Radar – Historical notes Box 1 on The Radar Development Division or RAD-DEV, 1948- 1980; by Phil Williams and friends
OMN/011 1986 The Navigation of Navigation Box 1 Satellites by Vidal Ashkenazi and Terry Moore; University of Nottingham, Department of Civil Engineering
OMN/012 Undated A Global Civil Navigation Box 1 Satellite System Concept, European Space Agency
OMN/013 1976 Spanish document – Sumaria Box 1 Introduccion a la Goedesia Classica Compendio de Formulas; by V.Ashkenazi; (2 copies)
OMN/014 1977 Spanish document – Box 1 Determinacion de Posiciones Geodesicas por Medio de Satelites Doppler, by V.Ashkenazi, R.J. Gough and R.M. Sykes
OMN/015 1977 Spanish document – Calculo de Box 1 Posiciones Geodesicas por Satelites Doppler; by V.Ashkenazi, R.J. Gough and R.M. Sykes
OMN/016 Undated Spanish document – El Metodo Box 1 Doppler y Aplicaciones. Enclosed newspaper ‘Clarin, Buenos Aires, 1985
OMN/017 1976 Improved navigation system Box 2 study, working papers, Filtering; Flight Navigation Limited.
OMN/018 1971 Mark 2 Air Transport Area Box 2 Navigation System; Aeronautical Radio, Inc.
OMN/019 1973 Omega Navigation Set, Phase Box 2 II, Final Engineering Report; Radio Navigation Group
OMN/020 1971 Airborne Guidance and Control Box 2 Systems; Eastern
OMN/021 1958 A Description of the Ferranti Box 2 Pegasus Computer with Magnetic Tape Equipment; Ferranti, second edition
OMN/022 1967 Map: Aircraft Position Chart, Box 2 North Atlantic 3071
OMN/023 Undated Modular Area Navigation System Box 3 for L-1011 Tri-Star by Ambac/Decca; The Decca Navigator Company Limited
OMN/024 Undated Megabit Simulator Notes; Box 3 Lockheed California Company
OMN/025 1969 Mona System Specifications for Box 3 Lockheed L-1011 Tristar
OMN/026 Undated The Decca Data Link; The Decca Box 4 Navigator Company Limited.
OMN/027 1974 Operating Manual, Automated Box 4 Navigation System for all Nippon Airways; Arma Division of Ambac
OMN/028 Late Folder of documents relating Box 4 1960s to Data Link System.
OMN/029 1970 Overhaul Manual for Omnitrac Box 4 2B Computer Type 1826; The Decca Navigator Company
OMN/030 1962 The Decca Navigator System Box 5 operating instructions and marine data sheets
OMN/031 1974 Navigation Chart – E. Anglia Box 5 and Netherlands; British European Airways
OMN/032 Undated Table of Function Codes, Box 5 Appendix 5
OMN/033 1967 Chart: North Atlantic Dectra Box 5
OMN/034 1971 Navigation Chart, Eastern Air Box 5 Lines, Washington-Newark/New York-Boston Area
OMN/035 1973 Navigation Chart – N. Germany Box 5 and Denmark; British European Airways
OMN/036 1974 Navigation Chart – W. France Box 5 and C. Isles; British European Airways
OMN/037 Undated Offshore Enhanced Oil Box 5 Recovery; Institute of Petroleum
OMN/038 1958 Folder of circuit diagrams and Box 5 photographs of Dectra Sig Generator
OMN/039 1958 A Description of Ferrante Box 5 Mercury Computer with ancillary equipment
OMN/040 1960 Radio Facility Chart, Low Box 5 Altitude-Enroute, USA
OMN/041 1961 EDSAC 2 Autocode Programming Box 5 Manual by D.F. Hartley; University Mathematical Laboratory Cambridge
OMN/042 Undated Direct Integration of Box 5 Electronic Digital Data Processing Systems by A.L. Freedman
OMN/043 1968 Harco Programme (Omnitrac II) Box 5 Hyperbolic Area Coverage
OMN/044 1960s Folder of notes reports and Box 6 drawings relating predominantly to Rajah DF System.
OMN/045 Undated Aircraft performance graphics Box 6
OMN/046 Undated R2 & R3 Analysis Box 6
OMN/047 1973 Specifications for 1-11 Box 6 Omnitrac System; British Aircraft Corporation Limited
OMN/048 1961 User’s guide to the EDSAC Box 6 Magnetic Tape System; University Mathematical Laboatory
OMN/049 1966 Algorithms for computation of Box 6 horizontal position of a vehicle using Decca Possitioning System in Afwets Program; General Precision Decca Systems Inc.
OMN/050 1970 Overhaul Manual, Onmitrac Box 7 Ancillary Unit Type 934
OMN/051 1971 Overhaul Manual, Onmitrac Box 7 Ancillary Unit Type 976
OMN/052 1969- Documentation and Box 8 1970 correspondence pertaining to contracts with The Flying Tiger Line; Volume 1
OMN/053 1960S Study file: Computer Systems I Box 8
OMN/054 1950- File ‘System Design’ including Box 9 1959 design of Ferranti, Decca Flight and Hargo Argosy Programme
OMN/055 1968- Omnitrac II; Doppler Box 9 1970 Processing and Integration
OMN/056 1970 Technical Manual Mona System Box 10 Acceptance Test Program
OMN/057 1974 RAE Reports Box 10
OMN/058 1964 Memorandum on Distributed Box 10 Communications by Paul Baran; The Decca Navigator Company Limited London
OMN/059 1963 Decca Navigator och Radar AB Box 10
OMN/060 Undated Mona Automated Navigation Box 11 System, Technical / Operational Description
OMN/061 1969 Heads of Agreement relating to Box 11 Air Navigation and Guidance system (MANG)
OMN/062 Undated Standard Method of Propeller Box 11 Performance Estimation; Society of British Aircraft Constructors, Ltd.
OMN/063 1972 Detailed description of Box 11 operation of the MONA Programme: ‘Twelve Weeks in London with Mona’
OMN/064 1954- ‘Coordinate Transforms Box 11 1968 Geodesics File’ relating to Loran and Digital computers hyperbolics
OMN/065 1961 An Analysis of Project Beacon; Box 12 Air Traffic Service Federal Aviation Agency
OMN/066 1971 Supplement No.1 to ARINC Box 12 Characteristic 582, ‘Mark 2 Air Transport Area Navigation Sytstem’.
OMN/067 1976 ARMA / Lockheed Fuel Box 12 Management Algorithms
OMN/068 1968 Omnitrac, Preliminary Box 12 Instruction Book; Technical Publications Department Decca Systems Inc.
OMN/069 1967 Area Navigation VOR/DME Decca Box 12 Omnigraph – DC-9
OMN/070 1974 Automatic Flying of Curved Box 12 Approach Paths – A Computer and Flight Invenstigation; Royal Aircraft Establishment technical report
OMN/071 Undated Flying Tiger Line Omnitrac Box 12 Operating Manual
OMN/072 Undated Micro D 1808 Computer Box 12 Technical Description; Arma Division of Ambac
OMN/073 1959- Navigator Computer file Box 13 1960
OMN/074 1960 Navigator Computer Omnitrac I Box 13 – M. Pearson’s initial work
OMN/075 1960 Converter from Decca to PHI Box 14 Coordinates specifications and Decca Chain Conversions Handbook
OMN/076 1966 Spherical Trigonometry Box 14 Relationships
OMN/077 1976 Decca Navigator, Principles of Box 14 Performance of the System
OMN/078 1965 SRN3 Hovercraft Omnitrac I and Box 14 Boscombe Down Comet file
OMN/079 Undated Omnitrac I HI-FIX (marine) Box 14 software by John Mackereth
OMN/080 c.1959- Papers and Patents; The Decca Box 15 1969 Navigator Company Limited
OMN/081 c.1957- Patents Box 15 1967
OMN/082 Undated A Hovercraft Navigation Box 15 System; Decca Radar Limited
OMN/083 Undated Omnitrac I Technical Box 15 Description ‘Displays and Altitude Computer for AN/TPS- 34 Radar; Air Publication
OMN/084 1970 MONA Modular Navigation System Box 16 – Drawings
OMN/085 Undated MONA – The Ambrac / Decca Box 16 Modular Area Navigation System; The Decca Navigator Company Limited
OMN/086 Undated Notebook ‘Garpeta Rivadavia’ Box 16 containing notes, cuttings and diagrams on various subjects
OMN/087 Undated Operating Instructions for The Box 16 Decca Navigator Mark 7
OMN/088 1964 Operating Instructions for The Box 16 Decca Navigator Mark 10/Omnitrac (2 copies)
OMN/089 Undated Operating Instructions for The Box 16 Decca Navigator Mark 8A (2 copies)
OMN/090 Undated Operating Instructions for The Box 16 Decca Navigator Mark 10
OMN/091 1958 The Decca Navigator System Box 16 Handbook for The Decca Navigator Flight Log Types 570 & 722
OMN/092 1958 The Decca Navigator System Box 16 Handbook for The Decca Navigator Flight Log Mark 01
OMN/093 Undated BOAC Autonav System by Decca Box 16
OMN/094 Undated BOAC Autonav II System by Box 16 Ferranti
OMN/095 1976 Pilot’s Guide Ontrac III Box 16 Navigation System
OMN/096 1966 Pilot’s Guide FD-109 Box 16 integrated flight system for Eastern Air Lines Inc.
OMN/097 1962 Handbook for The Decca Box 16 Navigator Airborne Reciever Mark 8; The Decca Navigator Company Limited
OMN/098 Undated Tristar Aids and Mandatory Box 16 Flight Recording System, General Information and Fault Finding
OMN/099 Undated Operating Manual ANS Box 16 (Automated Navigation System) for British Airways; Arma Division of Ambrac
OMN/100 Undated Operating Manual ANS Box 16 (Automated Navigation System) for Gulf Air; Arma Division of Ambrac
OMN/101 1940s Photocopies of Eureka journals Box 17
OMN/102 1975 A Technical Proposal for an Box 17 Area Navigation Computer System for R.A.F. BAC 1-11 Aircraft; Flight Navigation Limited
OMN/103 1963 Trials for Decca & Dectra Box 17 (long range over Atlantic) with BOAC
OMN/104 c. late Specifications, technical Box 18 1960s drawings and photographs for system for ARinc S61 AC carousel on Boeing 747
OMN/105 Undated Various programmes for Box 18 Omnitrac II
OMN/106 1963 Draft document relating to Box 18 Decca Navigator och Radar AB
OMN/107 1958 Ground Surveillance Radar Box 18 Systems for Military use; Decca Radar Limited
OMN/108 1960 Specifications for Rapier / Box 18 Rani Barrier System
OMN/109 1961 A Beginner’s Guide for the Box 19 EDSAC 2 Autocode by R.K. Livesley; University Mathematical Laboratory Cambridge
OMN/110 1960 A Technical Proposal to the Box 19 Ministry of Aviation for an Experimental Air Traffic Control Computer and Display System; General Precision Systems Ltd.
OMN/111 1977 Interactions between air Box 19 traffic control procedures and the implementation of area navigation, by G.C. Howell, R.W. Jones and K.F. Goddard
OMN/112 1970 Concorde Performance Data Box 19 Olympus 593 MK 611 Engines
OMN/113 Undated Omnitrac Automatic Pictorial Box 19 Display System for Vor/Dme Hyperbolic and Self-Contained Aids promotional brochure
OMN/114 1967 Airborne Pictorial Displays of Box 19 Navigation Information; National Air Traffic Control Services
OMN/115 undated Omnitrac Automatic Pictorial Box 19 Display System for Vor/Dme Hyperbolic and Self-Contained Aids information brochure
OMN/116 1962 HARCO A Hyperbolic Area Box 19 Coverage Navigation System for Air Traffic Control, by W.E.J. Groves
OMN/117 1965 Report of the Decca Navigator Box 19 System Demonstrations Berlin Air Corridors; Decca Navigator Company Limited
OMN/118 Undated The Impact of Area Coverage on Box 19 Air Traffic Control; The Decca Navigator Company Limited
OMN/119 1956 Observational Errors; The Box 19 Institute of Navigations
OMN/120 1964 The Omnitrac Mark 2 Computer, Box 19 general description of construction and functions
OMN/121 1969 Omnitrac Area Navigation Box 19 System, Trans World Airlines; The Decca Navigator Comapany Limited
OMN/122 1963 Compound Air Navigation Box 19 Systems, by C. Powell and M.G. Pearson; The Institute of Navigaion
OMN/123 1963 Decca Omnitrac Demonstrations Box 19 in the Paris TMA
OMN/124 1957 File relating to M. Pearson’s Box 20 early work on Omnitrac I.
OMN/125 1967 Omnitrac II integrate Vor/Dme Box 20 BOAC, R. Rice work.
OMN/126 1960 The Design of a Small Airborne Box 21 Computer for use with the Decca Navigator System and a Pictorial Display. General description and basic equations.
OMN/127 Undated Summary of M. Pearson’s work Box 21 at Decca Navigator, including make-up of departments and all projects
OMN/128 Late File relating to Eastern Air Box 22 1960s Lines and 1970s
OMN/129 undated Roll of system diagrams Box 22
OMN/130 Late Folder of program sections and Box 22 1960s technical drawings relating to Omnitrac II.
Inventory no. 2016-14