| 单词 | oboe-controlled |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoboe-controlled A type of radar navigation and blind-bombing system used for guiding military aircraft, esp. during the Second World War (1939–45): see quot. 1973. Also in oboe-controlled. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > navigation of course of aircraft > [noun] > navigational systems OBOE1945 navar1946 omni-range1947 omni1949 tacan1955 navigation system1959 nav/com1966 nav/attack1967 1945 Daily Mirror 15 Aug. 4/2 Next came ‘Gee’, the bombing beam which guided our radar-equipped bombers on to their targets, and the even more accurate ‘Oboe’. 1946 R.A.F. Jrnl. May 169 ‘Oboe’-controlled Mosquito aircraft were assigned to the marking of targets. 1947 J. G. Crowther & R. Whiddington Sci. at War i. 59 The Oboe pathfinders started later and were faster... The pathfinder was under Oboe control, while approaching the target, for about ten minutes. 1973 J. Quick Dict. Weapons & Mil. Terms 330/3 Oboe (observer bombing over enemy), A system developed by the Allies early in World War II. It consisted of a radar navigation and blind-bombing system that used two ground stations which measured the distance to a radar beacon carried by an aircraft. The ground stations were designated ‘Cat’ and ‘Mouse’ and served to keep the aircraft on a direct path to the target. 1989 T. G. Mahaddie Story of Pathfinder (BNC) 50 A great number of the OBOE pilots were in fact Blind Approach Training (BAT) instructors and the hurdle was 1,000 hours on a BAT flight. < as lemmas |
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