direction finder

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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

One involved Noonan doing celestial navigation; the other, her use of a radio “bearing” direction finder.

From Forbes • Nov. 10, 2014

Chief purpose of any direction finder in transport flying is not alone to locate ground points but to help determine the plane's position in flight.

From Time Magazine Archive

There three months ago a Pan American airport crew set up a base, installed a direction finder in an abandoned mission.

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