Fog Eyes

Fog-Eyes

Flying in a fog, a pilot may imagine himself to be hundreds of feet above the ground only to crash disastrously to earth. In an extremely sensitive altimeter designed by Arthur W. Uhl of Long Island City, condenser plates are placed on the wing tips in an oscillating circuit. The earth is itself a gigantic conductor and its proximity affects the circuit and warns the pilot through a cockpit indicator. Successful on test, this device may save many a life in such all weather work as that of the Air Mail.