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LORAN
LoNG RAnge Navigation, a navigation system in which an aircraft pilot may determine his position by comparing the arrival times of pulses from two pairs of radio transmitters. Each pair gives him enough information to draw a line of possible positions on a map, the intersection of the two lines marking his true position.
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