NFB Collection
Aural Null
195726 minFilm: Documentary
Direction: Michael BirchRené Jodoin
Production: Frank SpillerDavid Bairstow
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada for the Royal Canadian Air Force.
A service training film reviewing the basic theory of the automatic radio compass and showing how adverse atmospheric conditions affect its operation. The use of the aural null procedure permits the pilot to navigate with the aid of radio facilities in the presence of severe electrical interference and makes for safer passage through storm-bound areas.
Subject categories
- Transportation > Air Traffic Control and Flying
- Technology > AviationRadio Technology and Radar
- Media and Communication > Military CommunicationsRadio Communications and Equipment
- National Security and Defence > Training films
Credits
- director
- Michael Birch
- René Jodoin
- producer
- Frank Spiller
- executive producer
- David Bairstow
- photography
- John Spotton
- Douglas Roberts
- sound
- Clarke Daprato
- animation
- René Jodoin
- Dino Rigolo