One rainy morning last week two groups of newshawks arrived at Los Angeles' Union Air Terminal in Burbank. One group came to greet famed Explorers Martin and Osa Johnson, due at 10:45 on a Western Air Express plane from Salt Lake City. The other group came to witness the first demonstration of a new radio navigation device developed by Transcontinental & Western Air and just installed in all its planes. The new contrivance, everyone was told, permitted a pilot to find an airport no matter how dirty the weather. TWA's Chief Pilot...
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