RADAR’S ROLE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 66, Issue 250, 3 August 1946, Page 4

RADAR’S ROLE

APPARATUS DEMONSTRATED LECTURE TO ELECTRICIANS Outstanding success attended an evening sponsored by Ashburton members of the N.Z. Institute of Electricians held in the Foresters’ Hall on Wednesday. Fify-five members from Christchurch were present, and also 50 from Ashburton, besides a number of visitors. <

A most instructive and interesting lecture on “Radar and its Application” was given by visitors from the research station at the Ashburton aerodrome, the speakers being FlightLieutenant J. Ccnyers-Brown, Mr W. S. Joyner and Flight-Lieutenant G. B. Sloane.

Flight-Lieutenant Conyers-Brown was two years in England and two years in the Pacific on radar installation, etc. Mr Joyner is a scientist and experimental officer from England who was associated with experimental work at the tele-communica-tion Research Establishment (T.R.E.) England, doing development work on navigational radar, bombing aids, etc. Flight-Lieutenant Sloane was many years in England on air-borne radar equipment. A most interesting feature of the lecture was the fact that Flight-Lieu-tenant Brown and his colleagues made it possible to have on views various types of radar equipment part of, which was in operation. Some of the later micro-wave equipment was opened up for inspection. * By means of blackboard illustrations, the lecturers were able to show how ground radar was operated, and used to control and direct our aircraft on bombing raids and to detect enemy aircraft. Use of air-borne radar was also illustrated. Flight-Lieutenant Brown’s lecture covered development and operational uses of radar from the ground station aspect. Mr Joyner spoke on airborne navigational bombing aids, etc., and Flight-Lieutenant Sloane dealt with maintenance of radar equipment and allied subjects. Before adjourning for supper, Mr NT. L. Cornish, chairman, thanked the lecturers for the very,able manner in which they presented to those present a subject which -was very new to the majority and rather difficult to put in a not too technical form. The chairman also expressed his pleasure at seeing such a large and representative gathering of electrical people. Mr Stewart of Christchurch, president of the Canterbury branch of the Institute, thanked the Ashburton members for giving the Christchurch membei’s the opportunity of being pi’esent at the evening.