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A
schematic diagram of the PPI Display |
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Air Vice Marshall P. M. S. Hedgeland
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So two screens were now employed: the PPI
giving ranges and bearings and the other giving heights of all aircraft
in the vicinity
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This information would be sent
to the 'filter room' where it would be assimilated along with incoming
information from CH stations and observers on the ground. It would
then be the task of the duty officers to consider and orchestrate
their response. Usually the battle picture was played out on a large
plotting table. It was later that the Skiatron was used. |
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