Show RADIO GUIDES FORD AIRPLANE Three Motored Craft S 8 Aboard board Makes History DETROIT Feb ll-Dy ll 11 By The Associated Press completing an experiment with radio beacons a Stout-Ford Stout three three- three plane landd landed land d here last after a It flight to Dayton and return during which It was wall guid guid- guided guid- guid guided guided ed every foot ot of o the route b by di- di directions dl received by radio The Tho flight was W said to have haye the first In the history of ot aviation a In which It ft n plane has been guided perfectly by radio from separate fields with the messages being tab tab- tab tabulated In ordination co-ordination It also marked the first use uie of f the radio beacon tor for commercial commercial aviation The Tho meason Is a n device by which flights are guided from the land land land- landing ing lug and starting fields by mes mes- messages mea mea- sages eS written In radio dots and dashes on a chart In the tho cockpit of the tho plane The pilot was kept punctually Informed 0 of his course courso by the tho Information on his chart Ute the slightest deviation being regis regis- registered registered registered W V B Mayo chief of tIme the Ford Motor company Wit Wil Witham William liam ham D B Stout designer of the Ford Stout Ford plane and six o other her passengers made mado the lIght flight which they pronounced an unequalled success We not only received guidance constantly but hut we also heard voices from McCook field address address- addressIng addressing addressing ing us on conditions ahead They gave us weather wather rt reports ports every ery 15 minutes Mayo Mao EOK said |