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Sonic Transmitter, Tyfon patent, used with airship echo altimeter, unsigned, England, 1930. Removed from the R 101 airship just before its last tragic flight.
Details
- Category:
- Aeronautics
- Object Number:
- 1961-192
- Materials:
- aluminium alloy, steel (metal), paint, copper (alloy) and metal (unknown)
- Measurements:
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overall: height = 315 mm x width = 520 mm x depth = 155 mm,
- type:
- transmitter
- credit:
- S Smith and Sons (England) Limited
