"WIRELESS LIGHTHOUSES" FOR FLYING PILOTS.
At present, the weather is the great natural enemy of aviation, but before long it will be fully conquered. Two things are needed for victory. One is the multiplication of meteorological stations so that aviators may have foreknowledge of the weather conditions they are likely to meet on long flights. The second is the use of direc-tion-linding wireless apparatus. This apparatus is a British war-product and is sit present a secret, but we shall soon learn all about the means by which British inventors were able to provide aircraft with instruments which indicated the distance and and direction of wireless stations on land. Aircraft no equipped can fix their position frequently, can report to their base at any moment where they are, what course they ure steering and whether they are m any difficulty. Thus the Imperial '■'wireless chain" will be an indispensable factor in the organisation of longdistance flying. The direction-finding wireless instruments will, of course, be of great value to shipping in foggy weather or when the clouds prevent the steering of a course by the stars.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17552, 23 April 1919, Page 8
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