The Automatic Radio Compass: Part I

195516 minFilm: Documentary

Direction: Frank Spiller

Production: David Bairstow

Script: Frank Spiller

Produced by the National Film Board of Canada for the Royal Canadian Air Force.

A service training film on the operation of the ARN.6 automatic radio compass equipment on aircraft. This instrument provides a continuous indication of the direction of a radio facility. The film shows its employment in maintaining track, both inbound and outbound, relative to a radio beacon, and includes a detailed analysis of the techniques in use.

Subject categories

  • Transportation > Air Traffic Control and Flying
  • Technology > AviationRadio Technology and Radar

Credits

director
Frank Spiller
script
Frank Spiller
executive producer
David Bairstow
photography
Walter A. Sutton
Hector Lemieux
sound
George Croll
sound editing
Don Wellington
animation
Graham Crabtree