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title: The Runways of Fire That Let WW2 Planes Land In Fog: FIDO — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/the-runways-of-fire-that-let-ww2-planes-land-in-fog-fido/
date: 2017-06-20
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# The Runways of Fire That Let WW2 Planes Land In Fog: FIDO

Landing on a runway surrounded by fire might not sound like a good idea, but it’s better than trying to land without modern instruments in thick fog. This was FIDO: “Fog, Intensive, Dispersal Of” (originally “Fog Investigation and Dispersal Operations”), the Royal Air Force’s strange but brilliant scheme that saved thousands of air crew lives.