SIREN’S SHRIEK TURNS ON LIGHTS OF AIRPORT
No Human Agency
“TELEVOX” ELECTRIC SENTRY WATCHMAN
UP-TO-DATE NEWARK,
Sun Cable Received Thursday 7.0 p.m. NEW YORK, Feb. 19,
Wheeling about high in the darkness over the port of Newark, a pilot was seeking a new municipal landing field, which was shrouded in darkness below him The pilot turned tho handle of the siren fixed in the cockpit beside him. The siren rose to a shrill shriek which was audible on the ground above the noise of the motor and then, although the switches were actuated by no human touch, the great floodliglits of the Newark airport flashed on, showing the wide runways and limits of the field, making a landing at night feasible. The howl of tho siren was tho order for lights, which was obeyed immediately by “Mr Televox,” the electric sentry-watchman. The siren’s note was amplified through a delicate apparatus to a point needed to turn on the lights.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6843, 22 February 1929, Page 7
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159SIREN’S SHRIEK TURNS ON LIGHTS OF AIRPORT Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6843, 22 February 1929, Page 7
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