Housing for TWA Experimental Loop Antenna, 1937
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This experimental device was designed to enclose a communications antenna on an airplane. Despite having access to a sophisticated range of radio and navigation aids, pilots found that the static caused by rain and snow made such devices unreliable in the air. This housing enclosed a loop antenna on a DC3 airplane to protect it against the elements.
This experimental device was designed to enclose a communications antenna on an airplane. Despite having access to a sophisticated range of radio and navigation aids, pilots found that the static caused by rain and snow made such devices unreliable in the air. This housing enclosed a loop antenna on a DC3 airplane to protect it against the elements.
Artifact
Housing (Equipment component)
Date Made
1937
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
00.622.31
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Aluminum (Metal)
Copper (Metal)
Canvas
Nitrocellulose
Dimensions
Height: 16 in
Width: 11 in
Length: 30.5 in
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