[ARC5] Re: Collings Foundation

[Dennis Monticelli]

I attended the Wings of Freedom exhibit here at Moffett Field, CA.
The Foundation is to be commended for putting in the extra time, money
and effort to get this birds aloft safely (B-17, B-24, B-25) in city
after city.  Everything else is secondary.  They do have radio
installations aboard each aircraft.   I think I saw an SCR-522 in the
B-25, but it was hard to spot because entry into that part of the
aircraft was reserved for those paying big $$ for a short flight.

On 5/21/07, Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Roy wrote:
>
> >...I could only guess
> >what it would take to keep a suite of the ARC-5's,  the BC-375 and BC-348
> >running.  Shipping a spare BC-348 across the country to replace a dead on
> >on the aircraft would likely not be cost effective.
>
> Plus there aren't any facilities using HF AM anymore.
>
> Do they actually use AN/ARC-5 units (very incorrect for USAAF...those were USN sets)?  I've actually seen some USAAF bomber "restorations" that did have AN/ARC-5 transmitters in place of where SCR-274-N units should have been.  Someone really dropped the ball there!
>
> How about the most widely used command set of the ETO, the VHF-AM SCR-522?  I don't think I've ever seen any of these bomber restorations that restored that.
>
> It would also be nice to see the RC-103 and AN/ARN-5 ILS gear, and the SCR-269 ADF, the RC-93 marker beacon, and the SCR-595 IFF stuff installed.  This stuff is still pretty easy to obtain, but it won't be forever.
>
> Mike / KK5F
>
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