Receiver, Radio Range, ARC, Lab Prototype, Model B
date: label: Date
content: 1929
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Aircraft Radio Corp.
notes: label: Physical Description
content: 33.2cm long, 14.3cm wide, 16.6cm high; 280-360kc; c.1928; grey; for blind flight.
label: Summary
content: 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.
place: label: Country of Origin
content: United States of America
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Air and Space Museum Collection
label: Location
content: National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
label: Exhibition
content: Barron Hilton Pioneers of Flight
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Cessna Aircraft Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Air and Space Museum
identifier: label: Inventory Number
content: A19840545000
objectType: label: Type
content: AVIONICS-Electronic/Satellite Navigation
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Materials
content: Steel, Paint, Plastic, Phenolic Resin, Aluminum
label: Dimensions
content: 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.)