Mystery landing procedure

johntels
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12 Jun 2011 20:59 #11 by johntels

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Could it have been a transponder squawk code? Wikipedia's saying it was developed in WW2

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13 Jun 2011 06:18 #12 by PETERTHEEATER

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That sounds right.

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13 Jun 2011 07:11 #13 by canberra

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Ah but control towers didnt have radar during wwii.

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13 Jun 2011 09:29 #14 by carnaby

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canberra;76900 wrote:
Ah but control towers didnt have radar during wwii.

Also, IFF Mk.V developed by the UK, US and Canada was the most advanced allied system used in WWII. It enabled two morse letters to be coded, with the possibility of a third under certain circumstances. Source: Radar Development to 1945: (Institution of Electrical Engineers)
I suspect the '1541' has nothing to do with this.

Plan A is always more effective when the problem you are working on understands that Plan B will involve the use of dynamite :twisted:

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13 Jun 2011 17:03 #15 by canberra

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As I said in a previous post I think its to do with a slot time.

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