Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-08-10 | Page 30 | Aviators Find Way by Radio

Aviators F Find rn nd Ii Way aY by Radio W WASHINGTON 5 9 By U U. P. P P The P-The The e radio direction has finder tinder finder has replaced the compass as the guide of ot appliance for aviators Recently the new new Invention was tested by the U. U S. S arty air all service ser service ser ser- vice under the most trying conditions conditions condi condl- and found to be successful I 1 Soon as a result every army machine maI machine ma ma- chine will carry one I Captain W W. II Murphy and Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieu Lieu- tenant A. A J. J Lyon made the test In Ina a flight from McCook field Dayton Dayton Dayton Day Day- ton Ohio to Columbus Both were skeptical of the efficiency and practicability practicability of ot the radio device The weather was extremely foggy and the plane had to be kept hover- hover just over the treetops N Not t a IS landmark was visible This This- together to together together to- to gether with a variable drift of ot wind soon made It apparent that the compass would never take talce the ship safely ly to Columbus It was reading Incorrectly The flyers then tried out the ra radio radio radio ra- ra dio direction finder tinder Its It's readings were followed the plane set on on the right course and Columbus reached without further trouble Murphy and Lyon have submitted submit submit- I I ted a report of their test to the to-the the war department department-