This picture illustrates the radio beacon which brings air liners safely down to aerodromes in the United States. Planes come on a horizontal beam until they pick up the first marker beam 2000 yards from the airport. There they receive the glide beam, which leads the pilot safely to the runway even when visibility is nil. The glide beam is shown by the line dipping from the right-hand top corner of the picture. The signal from this beam is recorded on a dial, which shows the pilot immediately if he loses height too quickly or too slowly.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 November 1938, Page 8
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97This picture illustrates the radio beacon which brings air liners safely down to aerodromes in the United States. Planes come on a horizontal beam until they pick up the first marker beam 2000 yards from the airport. There they receive the glide beam, which leads the pilot safely to the runway even when visibility is nil. The glide beam is shown by the line dipping from the right-hand top corner of the picture. The signal from this beam is recorded on a dial, which shows the pilot immediately if he loses height too quickly or too slowly. Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 November 1938, Page 8
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