radio compass
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But radio compass bearings were relatively new navigational aids at the time and not trusted by veteran mariners.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2019
On the airway between Dayton, Ohio, and Moundsville, W. Va., the Army Air Service has installed a "radio compass," with electric oscillations flashing between the towers at either end of the airway.
From Time Magazine Archive
In California he worked under Dr. Frederick August Kolster, famed "father of the radio compass," at Federal Telegraph Co.,
From Time Magazine Archive
One of 16 B-29s on the way from California to Great Britain was having trouble with its radio compass.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Now I'm going to test that radio compass and see what may be expected of it in the morning if we don't find Mr. Crusoe to-night, which isn't very likely."
From The Radio Boys in the Thousand Islands by Duffield, J. W.
