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

With a 20-m.p.h. tail wind and guided by a direction finder at Bermuda, it hit its tiny target on the nose 4 hr.

From Time Magazine Archive

Better seller is a cheaper, non-automatic direction finder for use in private planes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Under Hume's control the direction finder passed back and forth without bringing any answering code click from the mike.

From Star Hunter by Norton, Andre