The delivery method for Jeppesen NavData products has changed a lot in five decades. [Courtesy: Jeppesen/Boeing]
Key Takeaways:
Jeppesen NavData is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a leading digital aviation navigation system, used by an estimated 90 percent of aircraft in service.
Its origins trace back to Captain Elrey Jeppesen's handwritten notes in the 1930s, evolving into the commercial digital NavData system first implemented in 1973.
The system operates on a 28-day cycle, transforming vast amounts of raw global data into consistent flight information, with delivery methods progressing from magnetic tapes to modern wireless updates.
Jeppesen NavData, the company that has been showing and telling pilots where to go for decades, is celebrating its 50th anniversary of operation.
According to the company, an estimated 90 percent of the aircraft in service at this time rely on JeppNavData from the Digital Aviation Solutions group of Boeing Global Services to get them where they need to be.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
