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Wireless telephone in U S air service hailed as wartime secret
A New York Herald account details eight years of American research that produced a wireless telephone for aircraft. Tests at Hazelhurst and Roosevelt fields showed pilots receiving orders clearly from the ground, enabling coordinated maneuvers and ground-based instruction without risking experienced pilots.
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William A. Willis
New York Herald
America
Wizards of Science
United States Army
Europe
Air Service
Air Department
American Air Service
Newton D. Baker
John D. Ryan
Mineola
Ryan
Washington
Hazelhurst
Roosevelt Fields
William L. Kenly
Division of Military Aeronautics
Kenly
Col
Clarence Co. Calver
Aviation Corps
West Point
Culver
Millard I. Harmon, Jr
Ralph Cousins
Roosevelt Field
George C. Norton
Hudson R. Scering
Hazelhurst Field
Seering
Colonel Culver
Sevring
General Kenly
Haakhurst
Joseph S. Russell
Elghteen
Major Loussell
Major Russell
Roosevelt
Rossel
Russell