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Show Robot Flight Recorder To Cut Test Hop Risk PHILADELPHIA. United Nations military officials have their eyes on a newly announced robot flight recorder re-corder which may cut sharply the hazards of test flights. The recorder, developed by the Brown Instrument company of Philadelphia, Phil-adelphia, weighs less than the average aver-age man and can make an eight-hour eight-hour tally of 144 temperature readings read-ings in engines and auxiliary power pow-er units at the rate of about one set every three minutes. ? The recorder is suitcase size and right now is in use on the Douglas B-18 and other military airplanes making initial flights, it was disclosed. dis-closed. Only a limited quantity can be made by the company, however, since they are on a hand production basis and cost about $2,000 each. There is also the possibility, a company spokesman said, that the recorder may permanently dispose of some of the numerous dials on present instrument panels of air--'anes. |