A WIZARD’S TOWER
CROYDON AIR TERMINAL. PERFECTED WIRELESS. London, December 1. A veritable wizard’s tower is lieing completed at Croydon, which will make London the foremost air terminal in the world. From this tower, three men—an Air Ministry traffic officer, a wireless operator and a meteorologist—will exercise day-and-night control over air expresses. Hying hundreds ot miles. They will even sleep in the tower. Perfected wireless will tell pilots their whereabouts and guide them to Croydon in the face of the blackest logs. A sensitive indicator will print a visible record of the slightest fluctuations in wind. Illuminated signs will Hash messages to pilots waiting to take off for Europe when it is permissable for them to rise. Switches will control a wonderful system of lighting landing grounds below. Booking clerks will issue tickets for places as far distant as Copenhagen, Moscow. Constantinople and Northern Africa.—(A and N.Z.)
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 3 December 1927, Page 10
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147A WIZARD’S TOWER Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 3 December 1927, Page 10
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