Air Traffic Control Radar Scope, 1969
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Federal oversight of air traffic control began in 1938, but radar technology -- greatly improved during World War II -- was not widely implemented until the late 1950s. This computer-integrated radar scope, used at Detroit Metro Airport from 1970 to 2001, was one of the first units capable of displaying an airplane's identification number and altitude directly on the screen.
Federal oversight of air traffic control began in 1938, but radar technology -- greatly improved during World War II -- was not widely implemented until the late 1950s. This computer-integrated radar scope, used at Detroit Metro Airport from 1970 to 2001, was one of the first units capable of displaying an airplane's identification number and altitude directly on the screen.
Artifact
Radarscope
Date Made
1969
Subject Date
1970-2001
Creators
Texas Instruments Incorporated
Sperry Rand Corporation. Univac Division
Place of Creation
United States, Minnesota, Saint Paul
Creator Notes
Made by Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, Texas, for Univac Division of Sperry Rand Corporation, St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2013.30.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of FAA / Detroit Metro ATCT.
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