“MAGIC BOTTLE.”
AID IN FLYING “BLIND.” NEW WIRELESS DEVICE. (United Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 11.35 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 3. The “Daily Herald” says that the airman’s “Magic Bottle,” on which the Government radio experts are working, is intended to enable pilots flying “blind” in fog or darkness to see where they are going. The device works in conjunction with a wireless direction finder, which picks up two broadcasting stations and automatically determines the airman’s position, which is then transferred to a cathode ray tube, similar to that used in television, over which the pilot fits a transparent map of the route. On it appears a pinpoint of light which is controlled by the direction finder, and represents the aeroplane as it moves across the map. Thus although the countryside is blotted out, the pilot is able safely to shape his course for his destination.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 96, 4 February 1936, Page 5
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