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Radar Days
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Radar Days

by E Bowen
March 2022
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
231 pages
12h 19m
English
CRC Press
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Postscript
201
Radar Aids lo
Civil
Aviation
In
rhe
same
way,
radar
was
adopted
to
assist
in
the
navigation
of
civil
aircraft.
Once
again
the
LORAN-
type
systern
was
much
used
by
long
range
aircraft
on
the
main
ocean
crossings,
supplemented
by
PPI-type
airborne
radar
which
had
a
two-fold
purpose.
It
provided
navigational
assistance
by
identifying
the
terrain
ahead
of
the
aircraft
at
nig
ht
or
under
co11<.litio11~
of
low
vi~il>ility;
iL
wa:s c.:·:spccially
useful
in
re
g
ions
where
cherc
were
distinctive
land-water
boundaries,
as
in
the
south-
west
Pacific. It
provided
an
added
bonus
by
identifying
heavy
rain
and
storlll
areas
which
might
prove
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ISBN: 9781000112122