Sunday 30 June 2019

British Communication in 1933 and 1935

CAPE TIMES - 1933, July 11

The MARCONI TRANSMITTER was installed at the Manchester airport - the first to be installed in a municipal airport in Britain. This wireless station was controlled and operated by the Air Ministry. It was capable of both telegraph and telephone communication with aircraft in flight or other aerodromes. It was designed to operate on wavelengths of 700 to 1550 metres.
THE STAR Johannesburg – 1935, August 5

RADIO in Mimic AIR WAR over LONDON
Two soldiers listening in at a Sound Location Post manned by Royal Engineers attached to the “Northland” force versus the “Southland” at a North Kent aerodrome in the Mimic Air War over London. 


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