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
Lana had scarcely soared out of sight of Guadalcanal when it was discovered that the near-misses at the field had knocked out her radio and radio compass.
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
This one was to be most casual�a two-day cruise off the New England coast for calibration of the ship's radio compass; a trifling job compared to the 81-hr.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Get that amateur with the radio compass who proved Mr. Perry's mathematical theory," suggested Bud.
From The Radio Boys in the Thousand Islands by Duffield, J. W.
