SOUTHERN CROSS HAD NO RADIO COMPASS.
(United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received June 28, 3.25 p.m.) NEW YORK. June 27. Kingsford-Smith states: "In the first place, contrary to the belief of many, We carried no radio compass. This valuable instrument is, in its present state, too heavy for the trans-Atlantic plane, which must carry so much fuel, but we made use of the direction-find-ing radio compass all the way across, for ships all carry them. By means of the radio compass operators and navigators aboard vessels can obtain the bearings of any other vessel, be it plane or steamer, that is transmitting.”
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19108, 28 June 1930, Page 11
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