[ARC5] control box for C 131/AR spot tuner?

[Taigh Ramey]

Hello Tom,

Wow thanks for the heads up. I called the museum and asked about a trade for
some PBY stuff and they are going to present it to their board of directors.

Thanks again,
Taigh
 
Taigh Ramey
Proprietor, Vintage Aircraft
7432 C.E.Dixon Street
Stockton, California 95206
(209) 982-0273
(209) 982-4832 Fax
www.twinbeech.com
KEEP 'EM FLYING...FOR HISTORY!
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Clarke [mailto:w4okw at md.metrocast.net] 
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 3:19 PM
To: Taigh Ramey; arc5 at mailman.qth.net
Cc: Rob Collings; gary at americanaeroservices.com
Subject: Re: [ARC5] control box for C 131/AR spot tuner?

I recently returned from a trip to Oak Harbor WA (NAS Whidbey) and while I 
was there I visited the PBY Museum.  They have quite a bit of memorabilia, 
but no airplane, unfortunately. Not too many Catalinas floating (pun) 
around.

In the museum, sitting on the floor with a couple of other bits of radio 
gear (including a transponder from a MIG-21- go figure!) was an absolutely 
pristine BC-375E with PE-73 dyno.  Not a scratch on it, obviously never 
installed in an aircraft.  I peeked inside and the VT-4s were there!

Since the BC-375 was not appropriate to the PBY, perhaps some "horsetrading"

for the appropriate radios might be a worthy endeavor.

73, Tom/W4OKW
Keep 'em Turning (props) and Burning (tubes)!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Taigh Ramey" <taigh at twinbeech.com>
To: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: "Rob Collings" <rcollings at collingsfoundation.org>; 
<gary at americanaeroservices.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 12:58 PM
Subject: RE: [ARC5] control box for C 131/AR spot tuner?


>I just updated the page about the Colling's North American A-26 Apache 
>radio
> project. Thanks Steve for all of your help and donations of equipment.
>
> There are still a few things needed to complete the set. If you all have 
> any
> spare gear this is a worthy project well worth the donation.
>
> I talked to Rob Collings about getting the radio room up and running in 
> one
> of the bombers and he thought that the B-24J would be the best one to use.
> The radio and cockpit can be viewed by the people who tour through the
> aircraft but they do not have access to it like they do in the B-17. I 
> think
> that this lends itself to radio preservation and longevity.
>
> When I was in the B-24 last, I opened up the BC-375E and she still had 
> what
> looked like a complete set of new VT-4C tubes and it looked to be in good
> shape. I would think that this would be a good radio to start with.
>
> I will build a web page in the future to outline this project but here is
> the short story:
>
> I would like to find one or several people who might want to take these
> radios (BC-348, BC-375 and we will need to put together another SCR-274N
> set) and restore them to operational status. I would like to completely 
> wire
> the sets up in the B-24J and put them back on the air. I envision getting
> some WWII radio operators, as well as the folks who volunteered for this
> project, to make broadcasts while flying en route from stop to stop as 
> these
> aircraft tour around the country.
>
> I have been able to get WWII bombardiers to drop bombs with the Norden 
> bomb
> sight and WWII gunners to shoot the 50 cal once more so I think it is time
> to get the old radio operators back behind their keys as well. I think it
> would be great for the WWII folks as well as a basis for an awesome
> documentary for the public to watch.
>
> Needless to say there will be a lot of work required but I think this a 
> very
> doable project. Your thoughts are appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Taigh
>
> Taigh Ramey
> Proprietor, Vintage Aircraft
> 7432 C.E.Dixon Street
> Stockton, California 95206
> (209) 982-0273
> (209) 982-4832 Fax
> www.twinbeech.com
> KEEP 'EM FLYING...FOR HISTORY!
>
>
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