Talk:Visual Aural Radio Range

this article was created using (what I understand is public domain material from the airways museum, however I will clarify thisRead-write-services (talk) 03:12, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Made some additions
Came here looking for info after pulling a 'what the hell is that' seeing a VAR on an old chart, but was disappointed by the lack of info. Did some research and added some info on history of VARs in the US. Hopefully someone else will add some details on the history outside the US. Looks like VARs had some extensive use in Australia.

I'll try to get around later to adding some info on operation and technical details if nobody else gets to it before me. That'll probably all come from and cite the Australian "Operational Notes on Visual Aural Radio Range & Associated Marker Beacons" document. That doc seems to be available on the internet if you look for it and probably has enough details for some good additions to the article.

Removed a claim that VAR was the Australian version of the US LFR. Obviously not true since we had both systems in the US. Maybe could be more accurately said that VAR was invented in Australia as a new version of the LFR system in use in the US at that time, but that would need a citation if true. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Esorth (talk • contribs) 01:10, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

suggestion
I used the last Australian VAR out of Launceston around 1980, so the 1960 mentioned is not strictly correct. Also, I would replace the opening paragraph thus:

The Visual Aural Range (VAR) was a short range, up to about 100 miles, radio navigation aid for pilots. It provided guidance along four fixed straight routes, to and from a ground VAR transmitter.

The second para is not terribly clear also. 5.148.73.58 (talk) 15:58, 15 October 2022 (UTC)