Word: radars
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Flying Officer Kyte, a feet-off-the-ground burlesque of Britain's wartime flyboys, complete with Samsonian mustaches and a rich flow of RAFfish lingo ("Bang on, wacko, wizard show, I care for that, HA, HA!"). Characteristic Kyte joke: "Whale of a party, sir. I went as radar ... a picture of Queen Anne and a placard pinned to my trousers." Barker: "What did it say?" Kyte: "Dead on the beam...
...Bases. With an eye on Russia, which has rumbled about U.S. "imperialism" in the Arctic, the Prime Minister carefully noted that the U.S. has not asked for Canadian bases. But military men in both the U.S. and Canada were quite sure that a network of Arctic radar listening posts and weather stations, at least, would be established and jointly manned by both nations...
Last week in Manhattan Sir Robert showed off his latest model. Installed on the bridge of the great Queen Elizabeth, it makes wartime radar look like a dim-eyed has-been. When the Elizabeth comes up the Narrows, the "scope" shows a highly detailed map, with buildings, docks, the speedway along the Brooklyn shore. Ships lying at anchor are well-defined shapes, not mere blobs. As the big ship approaches her berth, the scope shows the dock, the ferries, even the small tugs under the Elizabeth's bows...
...Robert's new radars cannot be manufactured fast enough to suit ship owners. The price, ?2,250 ($9,000), is a trifle compared to the cost of operating a big ship. During one extra day at sea (running slow through fog, for instance), the Elizabeth's passengers eat the worth of two radar sets. Even small ships can quickly recoup the cost of a radar in quickened voyages and reduced insurance charges...
...back of Sir Robert's head: a "radar telescope" which will magnify on its scope any object of interest within the range of the beam. The observer at night or in fog can "tune in" a distant speck for better examination...