NO MORE SHEET SIGNALS.—Now that the airplane plays such a decisive part in all military and naval engagements, it is imperative that there shall be complete co-ordination between services. The recent developments of wireless have made this possible. Whereas signals formerly were given to planes in a crude way—sometimes with sheets spread on the ground—army observers may now keep in constant touch with the men in the air. Here we see trainees of the Citizens’ Forces in camp at Liverpool, near Sydney. A field wireless station is in communication with a plane overhead.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 786, 5 October 1929, Page 23
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93NO MORE SHEET SIGNALS.—Now that the airplane plays such a decisive part in all military and naval engagements, it is imperative that there shall be complete co-ordination between services. The recent developments of wireless have made this possible. Whereas signals formerly were given to planes in a crude way—sometimes with sheets spread on the ground—army observers may now keep in constant touch with the men in the air. Here we see trainees of the Citizens’ Forces in camp at Liverpool, near Sydney. A field wireless station is in communication with a plane overhead. Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 786, 5 October 1929, Page 23
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