AERIAL HIGHWAY.
MARKED BY RADIO BEACONS. DAYTON (Ohio), July. 26. Army aviators will have a transcontinental aerial highway from the Atlantic to the Pacific, along which they can fly day or night without getting off their course, when the six radio beacons approved by the War Department are erected. . \ beacon recentlv perfected in the Wright Field laboratories sends radio signals on two transmitting loops—-one a stream of dots, the other a chain of dashes. A two-arch cross combines the dots and dashes into a steady sound, which will mark the course for the transcontinental flight. If a pilot veers to the right of the direct course the headphones will pick up the dots. If he veers to the left the dashes warn him of the change of direction.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 208, 1 August 1928, Page 7
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128AERIAL HIGHWAY. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 208, 1 August 1928, Page 7
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