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...plane's compass and speed indicator. When a pilot takes off, he records his latitude and longitude on the instrument. From the data about direction and speed automatically received during the flight, the computer calculates the plane's latitude and longitude, without allowing for wind drift. To find out exactly where he is, a navigator reads the indicator's dial and makes corrections for drift by means of a driftmeter...
...before the flight), the others for altitude and sighting on the target. The bombardier's adjustments in lining up the target through the crosshair sight turn the plane in the right direction by means of an automatic pilot. Everything else-the bombing plane's speed, altitude, wind drift, etc. is registered automatically. The bombsight even releases the bombs, at the right, split-second moment...
...course. A small windmill in the nose regulates the range. Operating a counter as it turns, the wind mill acts as a timing device: at the set time it jams the controls and throws the bomb into a steep dive at its target. To check on accuracy, wind drift, etc., the Nazis equipped every tenth bomb with a radio signal (see WORLD BATTLEFRONTS...
...politicos than on manpower. Some 25,000 workers are now trekking from the West to the East every month (TIME, Aug. 21). An all-out campaign might stop this migration-but it might also saddle the West with huge relief bills, if a postwar slump comes. Yet, if workers drift back East, the West may lose juicy civilian orders because it has no manpower to fill them. Western businessmen have found no way to straddle this dilemma...
...ordinary maple seed, that twirls to earth without benefit of "umbrella" or rigging. The bulbous plastic container, hitched to the wooden blade, can hold 65 lbs. The rate of fall is slightly faster than a parachute's, but the "Sky Hook" is not subject to the wind drift that makes parachuting of supplies inaccurate from high (safe) altitudes...