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Over here, near the U.S., and throughout the Mediterranean, Ch. 16 is used pretty professionally, i.e., chatter is limited to shiphandling issues, identifying yourself, telling other ships what your intentions are to avoid mishaps, etc.
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Over here, near the U.S., and throughout the Mediterranean, Ch. 16 is used pretty professionally, i.e., chatter is limited to shiphandling issues, identifying yourself, telling other ships what your intentions are to avoid mishaps, etc.
Hullabaloo 2008
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Over here, near the U.S., and throughout the Mediterranean, Ch. 16 is used pretty professionally, i.e., chatter is limited to shiphandling issues, identifying yourself, telling other ships what your intentions are to avoid mishaps, etc.
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Probably they weren't so much insubordinate, as her captain, Lord Lisle's brother, couldn't resolve a shiphandling dispute ... and down she went.
Archaic terminology in historical fiction Carla 2006
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Rhodes picked Art Frankel, who had had some shiphandling experience, as his co-pilot; Conrad was assisted by Franklyn Chiang, a physicist like himself.
Between Planets Heinlein, Robert A. 1951
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Drunk captain, drunk harbor pilot, inaccurate chart, lousy shiphandling.
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Stephen David complained in the service's in-house journal that the virtual vets arriving aboard his ship lacked "the requisite familiarity with even the most basic shiphandling skills."
Kotaku Owen Good 2010
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"I can self-program to learn astrogation and shiphandling at once, from the planetary library.
Time Enough For Love Heinlein, Robert A. 1973
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