It was 1927 when the Ford Motor Co. placed their first tri-motor airplane into service haulig freight from Dearborn to Chicago. It was this same year that a young engineer for Ford, named Eugene Donovan, patented the first four-course, loop-type, low frequency radio range. Ford motor company constructed two ranges the same year, one at Chicago-Lansing airport and the other at Detroit-Ford. The system was so successful that Ford, in the interest of the common good, allowed the U.S. Government to use the patent freely with no royalties. By 1950 the U.S. Government installed over 400 stations throught the country operating in the 200-400kc range.
P.S. I WON! (finally) Nobody got this one right. (I will be out of town for next weekend. Audrean has agreed to fill in for me. I think this may be a blessing in disguise. I think it would be a good idea to have maybe three guys (or gals) accept the "Sunday Trivia" to round things out a bit. Have a great day everyone! George Frebert ________________________________________________________________ Get FREE voicemail, fax and email at http://voicemail.excite.com Talk online at http://voicechat.excite.com
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