Before the invention of radar, aircraft were often detected using the sound they made. These much larger reflectors were built for this same reason in the south of England. By the Battle of Britain they were obsolete, but the communications network that was created for these reflectors was used with the radar system.
Wikipedia: The system they developed for linking the stations and plotting aircraft movements was given to the early radar team and contributed to their success in World War II;
Luneytunes
What sort of Mickey Mouse invention is this? /s
drmonkeytown
Hate to disagree, but that’s me and my GF at prom, 2020.
Razzamanazz
The Mickey Mouse looking ear tubes serve an obvious purpose by why the goggles?
piper4hire
what kind of mickey mouse outfit are they running there?
TheRebeccaRiots
Brothers in arms
IN ARMS I SAID
COS THEY’RE LINKI- ugh, nevermind
WW_OneFlyer
Founding members of the Galactic Federation ?
joepinapples
I love this pic and I am glad to see it every time it comes up. It’s the hand through his arm that makes it such a beauty.
![A German officer and an NCO wearing portable sound locating apparatus's to detect enemy aircraft. Western Front, 1917. [1056 x 1600]](https://i.imgur.com/9ebKkgP.jpg)
ChelCore
Before the invention of radar, aircraft were often detected using the sound they made. These much larger reflectors were built for this same reason in the south of England. By the Battle of Britain they were obsolete, but the communications network that was created for these reflectors was used with the radar system.
Wikipedia: The system they developed for linking the stations and plotting aircraft movements was given to the early radar team and contributed to their success in World War II;
Luneytunes
What sort of Mickey Mouse invention is this? /s
drmonkeytown
Hate to disagree, but that’s me and my GF at prom, 2020.
Razzamanazz
The Mickey Mouse looking ear tubes serve an obvious purpose by why the goggles?
piper4hire
what kind of mickey mouse outfit are they running there?
TheRebeccaRiots
Brothers in arms
IN ARMS I SAID
COS THEY’RE LINKI- ugh, nevermind
WW_OneFlyer
Founding members of the Galactic Federation ?
joepinapples
I love this pic and I am glad to see it every time it comes up. It’s the hand through his arm that makes it such a beauty.