direction finder
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One involved Noonan doing celestial navigation; the other, her use of a radio “bearing” direction finder.
From Forbes ● Nov. 10, 2014
Why would Earhart start out on such a hazardous journey without knowing how to operate her aircraft’s radio direction finder to the nth degree?
From Forbes ● Nov. 10, 2014
Said the pilot: "They must have had good equipment, including a direction finder, to pick up my transmission that quickly."
From Time Magazine Archive
Chief purpose of any direction finder in transport flying is not alone to locate ground points but to help determine the plane's position in flight.
From Time Magazine Archive
Inside the rifle was a tiny radar direction finder.
From On the Trail of the Space Pirates by Louis Glanzman
