New radio rescue homing device (Sarah) to guide air rescue planes to personnel lost in ocean or untraveled land area developed in England by Ultra Electric, Ltd; device consists of lightweight battery operated radio beacon designed to be attached to life rafts or Mae West flotation gear; at altitude of 500 ft, rescue plane can get fix on beacon accurate to within 100 ft. (See also Aviation Week v 59 n 1 July 6 1953 p 21-2)
Rescue Beacon pinpoints crash victims
Wireless World
Wireless World ; 59 , n 8
1953
2 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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