OBOE
Oboe
Oboe was a British aerial blind bombing targeting system in World War II, based on radio transponder technology. Prior to a mission, a circle was drawn around one of the Oboe transmitters so that it passed over the selected target. The bombers, one at a time, would then attempt to fly along this path towards the target. The Oboe operator in England would use the equipment to see if the bomber strayed from the path, and give the pilot instructions on how to regain it. The path was only 35 yards wide, allowing for much greater accuracy than competing systems like Gee. The curved path was quite evident to German radar operators, who came to call the system ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Oboe (navigation)
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OBOE
Oboe and OBOE have several meanings: The oboe, a musical instrument of the wood-wind family, Oboe , a World War II British aerial blind bombing targeting system, Oboe , a digital music backup service from MP3tunes, Off-by-one error, a type of computer programming or mathematical error,The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: OBOE
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oboe
Noun
- A soprano and melody wind instrument in the modern orchestra and wind ensemble. It is a smaller instrument and generally made of grendilla wood. It is a member of the double reed family.
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