PILOTS MAY SEE IN FOG
a result of a Manchester man's invention it may be possible in the near future for the pilot of an aeroplane to fly through clouds of the densest fog and watch the landscape being unfolded before him on a screen near his instrument board. The inventor is collaborating with experts to perfect his fog-piercing apparatus, and a company is being formed to assist in its development. The apparatus consists of a camera which takes photographs by infrared rays, a developing and fixing device, and a projector which shows a film on (he screen.
“We hope,” said the inventor, "that before long we shall have perfected the apparatus to such an extent that it will show an instantaneous picture of the view ahead. At the moment there is a lag of some seconds between the taking of the picture and its appearance on the screen. By means of the apparatus the pilots of aeroplanes or of ships will be able to see 50 miles through either darkness or fog, and they will even be able to identify and avoid objects which carry no lights.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 92, 20 April 1938, Page 3
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