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Show Radio Control of Ships Next j. to whirl the Iowa's steering wlie'd, operate the fuel oil and water supply valves and start and stop tbe ship. So perfectly did the control function that the ollicer on tbe Ohio maneuvered maneu-vered the Iowa away from the attacking attack-ing air forces at the moment the bombs were being released, varying the speed of the target vessel at will. Officers Much Impressed. Army and navy oflicerM who witnessed wit-nessed the test were much impressed by the possibilities of development of the radio control idea for use in future wiirs. It was said to be apparent that radio control might eliminate some loss of life in such enterprises as "block ship" operations us when the British undertook at Zeebrugge and Ostein! to bottle up Gorman submarines. subma-rines. The "block ship" of the luttire, f l was pointed cut. might sail serenely lino an enemy harbor without a soul on board and be sunk to obstruct Its channel by the electrical explosion t her magazines. Already the navy is working out plans for shifting control al will from a surface vessel like the Ohio to aircraft, air-craft, either heavier or lighter than air. The radio control device on the Ohio is so simple, officers say, thi'.t little difliculty is anticipated In adapting adapt-ing It for use in an airplane or a dirigible. Success' Stasr'ng of Iowa From Another Vesie! Leads to New Tests. PLAN TO EQUS? OTHER SHIPS Battleship Runs W thout a Hitch Five Miles From Operator During Bomb Tests Army and Navy Officers Offi-cers Call It a Scientific Scien-tific Triumph. Washington. The performance of the battleship Iowa under radio control con-trol during recent aerial bombing tests may lead to revolutionary changes In naval development, officers think, i Without a person on board, the lowu was maneuvered from the battleship Ohio, five miles away, with the utmost precision and there was not a hitch in the mechanism in more than two , hours while the lowu was being bombed. It was o scientific triumph. The lowu was a real "Flying Dutchman," a counterpart of that mythical crew-less crew-less ghost of the seas, as sli obeyed the will of Capt. F. L. Clmdwlck on the Ohio, almost hull down on the hi-ri.on. hi-ri.on. The invisible, magic lingers of the radio reached out across the sea When this development is worked out the controlling aircraft will be j able to work at lin altitude of 10.000 feet and above, safe from any gunfire from below, and steer the controlled vessel anywhere on the sea within fuel radius. To Equip Other Ships. A movement is afoot to install rudio control on at least one more obsolete battleship and two old destroyers to serve as targets for aerial bombing practice and further experiments with ; radio control. Kxtcnsion of experiments experi-ments to the possibility of applying the radio control idea to aircraft also is under consideration and it Is within probabilities that giant crewless bombing bomb-ing planes, loaded with high explosives explo-sives could be launched against naval vessels, cities and forts with no costly sacrifice of trained officers and men. The entire radio control idea, a postwar post-war development, in Its present application appli-cation is in its infancy, naval oilicers believe, and they expect great developments develop-ments in the efficiency and scope ol the control within the next few years |