Markers set at intervals of 10 nautical miles to simplify navigation for planes

Title (Dublin Core): Markers set at intervals of 10 nautical miles to simplify navigation for planes
Subject (Dublin Core): en Technology; en Other
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core): Flyers' signposts
extracted text (Extract Text): FLYERS’ SIGNPOSTS. To sim-
plify navigation for the thousands
who are expected to fly their own
planes after the war, Prentiss
Cleaves, experimental test pilot
for the Cessna Aircraft Co. of
Wichita, Kans., suggests dot-
ting the United States with
markers set at intervals of 10
nautical miles to indicate the
latitude and longitude of a plane's
position. These markers would
be 100-foot pylons painted orange
so as to be plainly visible, and
‘would carry huge numbers show-
ing latitude and longitude in min-
utes. By noting the numbers on
the nearest pylon, and then re-
ferring to an aeronautical map
showing the locations of these
markers, a pilot could quickly
determine his position.
Language (Dublin Core): eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core): World War II
Date Issued (Dublin Core): 1944-02
Is Part Of (Dublin Core): Popular Science Monthly, v. 144, n. 2, 1944
pages (Bibliographic Ontology): 102
Rights (Dublin Core): Public Domain (Google digitized)
Source (Dublin Core): Google Books
References (Dublin Core): Cessna
Archived by (Dublin Core): Lorenzo Chinellato; Marco Bortolami (editor)
Spatial Coverage (Dublin Core): United States of America; Wichita