TV From 5000ft
(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) ... , , LONDON, August 30. Airborne television cameras firing !n Air Force Varsity trainers took British viewers 5000 feet above the earth in the first public television air-to-ground broadcasts. Two cameras, with operators, technicians and a commentator, were airborne for half an hour, and on landing the Varsity was "talked down’’ through the cloud to a lighted flarepath.
Viewers heard the talk-down from the flight controller, watched the runway as it slid into view through the cloud, and saw pictures of another aircraft transmitted from the Varsity.
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Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27752, 1 September 1955, Page 13
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91TV From 5000ft Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27752, 1 September 1955, Page 13
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