WIRELESS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIX, 1 February 1936, Page 11

WIRELESS

USE IN AVIATION further developments (British Official Wireless; RUGBY, 30th January. Sir Philip Sassoon, Under-Secretary for Air, opened in London to-day an exhibition of aerodrome equipment and services in connection with the conference of the Aerodrome Owners’ Association, at which delegates from more than 70 organisations—municipal authorities, commercial aerodrome owners and air transport companies—are discussing problems of air transport and aerodrome maintenance. Great interest attaches to a paper in which the director of ITeston Airport will describe the system of wireless control which has been installed at Heston to facilitate blind landings. The installation, which consists of a main wireless beacon at one corner of the aerodrome and two marker beacons of 3CO and 3000 yards distance respectively, provides a. pilot with guidance for a safe lateral and vertical approach. Other aspects of wireless control of internal air routes will be discussed. The delegates will also visit Croydon aerodrome to study the lighting system and control arrangements for night flying. The exhibition, at which over 80 manufacturing firms are showing aerodrome supplies and equipment, and which is the first of its kind to ho held in Great Britain, is evidence of the increased interest in flying as a means of communication within the British Isles and of the rapid growth in the number of airports, both municipal and private.