RAF Volunteer Reserve pilot undertaking instruction
RAF Volunteer Reserve pilot undertaking instruction on a Link Trainer, Gatwick, circa 1940. By relating the position of the student's aircraft to marks on a chart (made by the inked wheel of a self-propelled and steerable crab') the instructor was able to control the transmission of simulated radio beacon signals manually to the trainer
Picture No
10838398
Media ID
48037596
Size
4000px x 2960px
(1.4MB)
Credit
© The Royal Aeronautical Society (National Aerospace Library) / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph from The Royal Aeronautical Society Archive
Date
1940
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Able Beacon Crab Gatwick Inked Instruction Instructor Link Manually Propelled Relating Signals Simulated Steerable Transmission Undertaking Volunteer
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