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STRATOVISION! Westinghouse and Martin Aircraft teamed up to turn B-29s into TV broadcasting relay antennas. Flying at 30,000 feet they could broadcast a signal 238 miles.
They figured they could broadcast signal to 78% of the U.S. with 14 aircraft.
Apparently the planes were used to broadcast propaganda during the Vietnam war. They were eventually replaced by EC-121s, which were replaced by EC-130s in subsequent conflicts.
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I had never heard of that, but it makes total sense. Awesome!
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So you’ve never seen this? It’s horrid. You should watch it.
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That’d be great for rebroadcasting Major League Baseball with implied oral consent.
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http://oppositelock.kinja.com/stratovision-1743404431
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Excellent!
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Thanks. I stumbled across that myself, and figured it needed a write up. It’s pretty cool.
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I love all the weird (but functional) ideas they came up with in the 40's and 50's.
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We take technology for granted. These guys invented technology.
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What’s old is new again. There is a company looking to provide high speed wireless internet service by using aircraft to provide a wireless mesh network.
http://www.airbornewirelessnetwork.com/index.asp