AERIAL BEACON.
I RANGE OF 25 MILES. Erection at Hamilton. : aid to night flying. - (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) HAMILTON", this day. The first of a network of aerial .beacons which hava been planned for New Zealand is being erected by Mr. H. D. Caro at Hamilton, and is expected to be in operation by Thursday. The beacon, which is of 3,000,000 candlepower, will be visible to aircraft flying at night, at a height of 2000 ft, 25 miles away. -,:It is fitted with dual lamps so that if one should burn out the other automatically will become operative. In order to make three revolutions per minute and cast a beam on every horizon the beacon is turned by a motor at the base. The second signal lamp is affixed for flashing a code or identification signal to approaching aircraft. A-start has been made with the erection of the 70ft welded tower of the beacon, which involves an expenditure of several hundred pounds.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 233, 1 October 1936, Page 8
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161AERIAL BEACON. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 233, 1 October 1936, Page 8
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