METEORS AS TARGETS FOR A.A. GUNS
LONDON, January 10. The R.A.F. will develop radioj controlled Meteor fighters capable of j a speed of nearly -6'00 miles an hour as pilotless targets for training future anti-aircraft gunners. All new types -of tighters in future are to be adaptable as gunnery targets. Radio control will provide the gunners with suitable targets and eliminate the rislc of s'hooting down pilots of tug planes. Tempest fighters being modified to tow Conventional targets will -fill the gap until radio-controlled aircraft are ready.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/RMPOST19470111.2.51
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5299, 11 January 1947, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
87METEORS AS TARGETS FOR A.A. GUNS Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5299, 11 January 1947, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
NZME is the copyright owner for the Rotorua Morning Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in