BLIND FLYING ON THE BEAM: AERONAUTICAL COMMUNICATION, NAVIGATION AND SURVEILLANCE: ITS ORIGINS AND THE POLITICS OF TECHNOLOGY. PART III: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES THE RADIO-RANGE--THE RADIO BEACON AND VISUAL INDICATOR

This is the third in a series of papers tracing the history of aeronautic communication, navigation and surveillance. This paper discusses the progress of aeronautical telecommunications research in the 1920s and early 1930s and examines the effect of continued federal oversight. Herbert Hoover, as President of the United States, had continued to play an active role in the communication of aviation communication, navigation and surveillance. During his administration, the aeronautical telecommunications infrastructure was defined. This infrastructure became the cornerstone of modern communication, navigation and surveillance technologies. It was during this time that radio navigation rather than visual navigation was chosen to be the primary form of navigation system.

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    Aviation Institute

    University of Nebraska, 60th and Dodge Streets
    Omaha, NE  United States  68182-0508
  • Authors:
    • JOHNSON, R
  • Publication Date: 2003

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  • English

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  • Features: Figures; References;
  • Pagination: p. 79-104
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  • Accession Number: 00964731
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Oct 24 2003 12:00AM