Plane lays phone wire at 125 m.p.h.

Title (Dublin Core): Plane lays phone wire at 125 m.p.h.
Subject (Dublin Core): en Technology; en Airplanes and Zeppelins; en Communication
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core): Plane lays phone wire at 125 m.p.h.
extracted text (Extract Text): FIELD-TELEPHONE lines up to 16 miles
long are laid from the air in a method
developed by the USAAF Air Technical Ser-
vice Command in co-operation with the
Bell Telephone Laboratories.

How this is done is shown in the drawings
by Stewart Rouse. The wire-laying plane,
a C-47 cargo carrier, flies low at a speed of
about 125 miles an hour. When all the wire
has unwound, the loose end drops across
the point chosen for the end of the line.

Important military use is foreseen for the
system in providing instant communication
for units separated by rough terrain.
Contributor (Dublin Core): Stewart Rouse (article writer)
Language (Dublin Core): eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core): World War II
Date Issued (Dublin Core): 1945-05
Is Part Of (Dublin Core): Popular Science Monthly, v. 146, n. 5, 1945
pages (Bibliographic Ontology): 75
Rights (Dublin Core): Public domain
Source (Dublin Core): Google Books
Archived by (Dublin Core): Sami Akbiyik; Marco Bortolami (editor)
Spatial Coverage (Dublin Core): United States of America