LIGHTS ANSWER SIREN
WONDERFUL DEVICE AT AIRPORT SIGNAL FROM PLANE (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) (United Service) Reed. 11 a.m. NEW YORK, Wed. Wheeling about high in the darkness over the port of Newark, a pilot was seeking the new municipal land-ing-field shrouded in the darkness below him. The pilot turned the handle of the siren fixed in the cockpit beside him. The siren rose to a shrill shriek, audible on the ground above the noise of the motor, and then, although the switches were actuated by no human touch, the great floodlights of the Newark air port flashed on, showing the wide runways and the limits of the field, making landing at night feasible. The howl of the siren was the order for the lights which, was obeyed immediately by “Mr. Televox,” the electric sentry watchman. 'The siren’s note was amplified through a delicate apparatus to the point needed to turn on the lights.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 594, 21 February 1929, Page 9
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155LIGHTS ANSWER SIREN Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 594, 21 February 1929, Page 9
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