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The Development of the Aircraft Automatic Radio Compass

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2010

J. H. Moon
J. H. Moon
Affiliation:
(Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company)
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Extract

The paper reviews some of the major problems which have been encountered in the development of airborne direction finding equipment, and describes, in rather more detail, the latest electrical and mechanical improvements which have been evolved to provide the modern, fast moving aircraft with a more rapid or instantaneous position indication.

Various methods of utilizing the information provided by the direction finder are discussed and questions of calibration and ultimate accuracy considered.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , October 1950 , pp. 393 - 403
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1950

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