AVIATION EXPERIMENTS
USE OF ULTRA-SHORT-WAVE BEAM. A young Scottish inventor, Mr David Sharman, B.Sc., of Edinburgh University, has been engaged during the past four months (writes a London correspondent) on a series of important experiments at Croydon Aerodrome perfecting a secret apparatus for “blind landing,” and “blind approach,” to an airport in fog or darkness, and technical experts from the Air Ministry recently carried out the first ground test of the new equipment. It is understood that the officials were favourably impressed with the potentialities of the ultra-short-wave beam used by Mr Sharman, and when he has completed the receiving apparatus for use on aeroplanes full flying tests of the new system will be carried out from an air liner. If these prove satisfactory the Air Ministry may decide to adopt Mr S'harman’s apparatus for use at Croydon Aerodrome.
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Waipa Post, Volume 52, Issue 3703, 8 January 1936, Page 7
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