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

In testing, the loud horn and red LED on the direction finder pointed us directly back within feet of the victim.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Baron adjusted the direction finder and made scribbled calculations.

From The End of Time by West, Wallace