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Old August 28th 03, 08:58 PM
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
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Mike Marron wrote:
In any event, other than NDB's, what type of
instrument approaches were generally available back in WW2?



Radio ranges. Pilots flew along a beam listening to dots and dashes. The tone
changed if you drifted off the beam. Some of the old timers here can explain
this a lot better than me since I didn't start flying until the late 1970's.



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