MikeTheBrewer wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
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Jim Mueller wrote:

On Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:55:23 -0500, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Has anyone ever seen one of these?

I haven't seen one or even heard of the system that uses it. Perhaps it
was an experimental system that didn't work out. That would mean it
would be VERY hard to get one.

I'm not a pilot, but the idea of flying by seeing a ground-level view of
your situation doesn't strike me as being ideal. I think I would rather
have a view centered on the plane. That would be much harder to do since
it requires a moving map synchronized to the plane's position.


There are a lot of Google hits on it, but it would be obsolete with
today's image processing. It looks like it was designed to help bombers
locate their targets at night.


From what I can see.....the WW2 British H2S ( downward scanning radar
system ) did a far better job anyway.


Who knows? That was a clip from an old magazine, with very few
details. I didn't look up the patent.