Aviation Electronics

Details of Electrical and Electronic Apparatus with Applications in the Maintenance and Operation of Aircraft, Missiles and Space Vehicles. The possibility of collisions between gliders and high‐speed aircraft, particularly in areas under strict radar control, is causing increasing concern to air‐traffic controllers. The Marconi Company, on behalf of the Ministry of Aviation, are currently carrying out a series of experiments aimed at reducing this danger, which is due to the inability of radar to detect reliably the very light construction of a glider.