Cross-Continent Radio Highway To Guide Military Planes

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Across the continent from Newfoundland to Alaska the Canadian government is building an aerial military “highway,” a chain of radio beacons 250 miles apart to guide bombers or fighters or interceptor planes crossing America in an emergency. The project is a part of the joint defense plan of the United States and Canada. Besides serving the functions of the radio beacons that guide commercial planes throughout the states, these transmitting stations will form a patrol line from which air raid warnings can be flashed to bases farther south. Each beacon tower has special protection against sabotage and insulation that will maintain signal strength at constant power regardless of weather.

Title (Dublin Core): Cross-Continent Radio Highway To Guide Military Planes
Subject (Dublin Core): en Technology; en Communication
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core): Cross-Continent Radio Highway To Guide Military Planes
Language (Dublin Core): eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core): World War II
Date Issued (Dublin Core): 1941-10
Is Part Of (Dublin Core): Popular Mechanics, v. 76, n. 4, 1941
pages (Bibliographic Ontology): 80
Rights (Dublin Core): Public Domain (Google digitized)
Source (Dublin Core): Google books
References (Dublin Core): Newfoundland and Labrador; Alaska; Canada; United States of America
Archived by (Dublin Core): Enrico Saonara; Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Spatial Coverage (Dublin Core): Canada

Item sets: Wars of Wonders; checked

Media: Cross-Continent Radio Highway To Guide Military Planes