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Object details:

Object Name: Receiver, Radio Range, ARC, Lab Prototype, Model B
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A19840545000

	Object Name
	Receiver, Radio Range, ARC, Lab Prototype, Model B

	Metadata Usage
	CC0

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv99dbf9b72-19fd-4ab4-bfde-08682a47d8ce

	Data Source
	National Air and Space Museum

	Manufacturer
	Aircraft Radio Corp.

	Materials
	Steel, Paint, Plastic, Phenolic Resin, Aluminum

	Dimensions
	3-D: 15.2 x 39.4 x 19.1cm, 5.1kg (6 x 15 1/2 x 7 1/2 in., 11 3/16lb.)

	Physical Description
	33.2cm long, 14.3cm wide, 16.6cm high; 280-360kc; c.1928; grey; for blind flight.

	Summary
	Jimmy Doolittle used this radio receiver to “fly the beam,” which was a radio signal that actuated a vibrating reed to indicate if he was on course. The American Radio Corporation built the device in 1929.

	Country of Origin
	United States of America

	Credit Line
	Gift of Cessna Aircraft Company

	Inventory Number
	A19840545000

	Date
	1929

	Type
	AVIONICS-Electronic/Satellite Navigation

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