Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXVI, Number 11, 9 July 1941 — Airfield Beams Hidden To Foe [ARTICLE]

Airfield Beams Hidden To Foe

I>AYTON, Ohl;i — PortaMc! lighting eyuii>mont whUli illuiaīuntes ieniiM>rarv fields for r,ii;hi laial hut <"OiKHfmte Uu 1 loi-aīion frsMVi | enem,v airor«ft hus h*>ou (lov«»loi>f>d ■<»y llm* arnty divisloii at Wris»lu Field. uo«r I\-«ytou. The lißh»ius .sysiom t!evisti3 as |«trt of the «ir con»s prt»grum under wlihh m;uiy nw ;«irfields sm> avij\iS\v ' | Six I,ŌUO-watt la»m»s, po\wriHi t>y j ju |tortahlp. sj»s«>line drivon »'UvtrU l»laut, are iuouuuhl on u four >vheol, drive truck to foriu & nioMK* n<KK?-J M?ht unit. The l>eam a <»f suitable siso f->r nigbt Mndi»gs. The new equi]nuem aN-> lttduOk« Held bmmdary Hjehts, of whioh s«e<s »mj 1h t\y alr t rsn s i>f>rt. Kneh <\iuudron wlll mp|\lie<l tw<> seli? of hou«.lar,\ I*r use »t n<>mally uidightt\l fteUK When the iwrtrtbte fiehl lights are 1« use. the appiwioh io u l»mī»ug' is m»rfctnl by groeu lig!its, ti»e ii<ies t»y whilo !ights aml the «mk! hy *wber Wghts, R\hl lijtlas on te iosowoins «*asU mark obsuict*?s, tho ue* lieUl Ji«hts observed by airctufu, arc *d\kti lu Um> li£hts u> 11 ' imit the <Us{ributiv>u ot illumiMUou, «»uly t» n« &n§le by a pUue , « laiwttiīg. < | T«sts in whfrhj Īum* of «he Ikhhls \o!i {•«• *» «1» «B*l* *IV O\M4»WtHsJ lMN«! /eu \: \ *. V V . , * V- s . » ?