[ARC5] donated ARC-5 collections

[Francesco Ledda]

I think that the importance of electronics is appreciated.

IMO, most people appreciate a warship or an airplane, but very few can
related to a radio or a black box. 



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Subject: Re: [ARC5] donated ARC-5 collections

IMO, it's a tragedy that the importance of electronics in WW II and
elsewhere is largely ignored.

Without radio, RADAR, LORAN, IFF and a bunch of other things the much
vaunted pilots would have never known where they were going, where they
were, the way home, or who was about to shoot them down.

Yet, almost nobody even gives a damn.

FWIW,

-John

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> Well, Air & Space seems to have used some items in aircraft
> restorations. I heard a little about the Enola Gay, but apparently stuff
> went into other aircraft. There was talk about a stand-alone exhibit of
> avionics, with the Type K prototypes to be displayed, but I have never
> seen such a display. Frankly, knowing then what I know now, I would have
> given less. Some of the stuff in poorer condition, I suspect will never
> be used, in fact ought not be used.  The curator who had to inventory it
> all was a bit tired before he was through. Having worked  as a volunteer
> at the Smithsonian's American History Museum for 20 years, I  think he
> was right. I'd have just given them less.
>
> - Gordon White
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