Hi Jan:

While working on adding the Ford patent for the AN radio range listed on the very informative Flying the Beams web page (https://flyingthebeams.com/) I stumbled across more Link Trainer patents, including 2485262 for the YE-ZB system that allowed W.W.II aircraft to find their carrier.
https://prc68.com/I/Aircraft.shtml#YE-ZB_Hayrake
The Fig 1 of the patent gives a good overview of how it worked.

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I would like to ask if someone knows what the ZBX was? Was it a particular type name of the ZB aircraft carrier landing system that operated in VHF? If yes, in what dimension: was that the AN/ARR-1 or AN/ARR-2?

The ZBX term was used in the Navy's report on the disappearance of Flight 19 five TBM Avengers in December 1945 off Florida.

73

Jan SP5XZG
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