[ARC5] donated ARC-5 collections

[John Hutchins]

John, and all -
While it may seem that "almost nobody even gives a damn", most persons 
do not have the time to fully understand nor appreciate details of 
history, there just is not enough time.  While I will never know details 
about my great, great great, grand fathers struggles in fighting 
starvation,  the Indians, French, the British twice, them selves Civil 
War .... I do have some respect and appreciation, for I am.  I have 
found most persons carry this appreciation around, just do not display it.

We here give a damn, about old WWII electronics, this is our passion.  
We have become interested, and have dug and researched, digested this 
knowedge.   When asked we spew forth this knowledge to the best of our 
ability.  In this respect we are keepers of this flame, we have chosen.

Carry on -
Hutch


On 7/24/2010 8:41 AM, J. Forster wrote:
> 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
>
> ============
>
>    
>> 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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