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Show WIRELESS ANTENNA KEPT ALOFT BY KITE WASHINGTON, March 20. Nayal experts have developed p kite antenna system for svaplanes. which will permit per-mit the aircraft to keep in radio communication com-munication with shore stations or distance dis-tance ships even if forced to alight on the water. The development was tin tgrOWth of efforts to provide .1 v. i ;c, keep In touch with rippled Seaplanes forced down by inK.n- 01 ni her 1 rouble In flight aircraft drop antenna wire, 100 300 feet In lenRih which receive re-ceive radl'i signals. This is not avail? able when the alr;hlp Is resting on the water however, an the new system sys-tem call- for equipment of planes with kites to be flown from the crippled in 11 blno carrying special wire for-comr munlcatlon purposes. A special system sys-tem for Keneratlon of electric current for radio work by menus of the air stream from the slowly turning motor also is provlded Tho development is regarded as of great value by naval official' |