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LONDON BLACK-OUT EFFICIENCY IMPROVED (British Official Wireless.> Reed. 11 a.m. RUGBY, Jan. 23. Home Office experts, basing their views on information received from six civil pilots who have been making flights over London, state that the black-out is so effective as to make navigation for these pilots often difficult. It was reported that even on moonlight nights cities cannot be distinguished from the countryside at heights above 10,000 ft. Prior to the introduction of the obligatory automobile headlamp masks, all main thoroughfares were visible throughout their whole length, but now the small sidelights of cars can actually be seen from a greater height than the masked headlights. One expert stated that the Thames was not so good a navigationaf aid as might be imagined owing to the clever black-out methods. Although as far as citizens are concerned the inconveniences of the black-out of the early days of the war have been greatly relieved in various ways, yet the effectiveness of the black-out in London as a whole has been actually improved.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20153, 24 January 1940, Page 7
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