SEEING IN THE DARK.
RADIO AID TO AIRMEN
(By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyright) LONDON, Feb. 3.
The Daily Horn Id says that, an air man's "niag. ; c bottle." on which Government radio research experts are working, is intended to enable pilots flying blind in fog or darkness to see where they are going. The devie:> w r orks in conjunction with a wireless
direction finder which picks up two broadcasting stations and automatically determines the airman's position. I-which is then transferred to a cathode I ray tube similar to that used for tele vision, and over which the pilot fits a transparent map of the route. On the map appears a pinpoint of light ] which is controlled by the direction j finder and which represents the aero-J plane as it moves across the map.. Thus, although the countryside is blotted out, the pilot is able safely to I shape his course towards his destina-1 tion.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 February 1936, Page 2
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