INDIAN AIR MAIL.
NIGHT FLYING SERVICE. Preparation is being made for a night-flying service from England to India, for which five aerodromes in Eastern Persia are being equipped with floodlights. Experiments are now being made in alighting on the water at night time by supermarine Napier flying boats. Various methods have been tried to assist the pilot to calculate the height above the water before alighting. The mast satisfactory so far are small searchlights on the wings with their' beams crossing at a known distance below the flying boat. When the junction of the beams shines on the water the pilot knows the exact height. .
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 106, 1 April 1930, Page 7
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105INDIAN AIR MAIL. Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 106, 1 April 1930, Page 7
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