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

There three months ago a Pan American airport crew set up a base, installed a direction finder in an abandoned mission.

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

Baron adjusted the direction finder and made scribbled calculations.

From The End of Time by West, Wallace