[ARC5] Radio Equipment installed in Grumman F6F-3 at NMNA

[Bob Macklin]

The French were run out of Vietnam in Jan 1954. They took all of out C-119s 
from Korea to Clark Field and removed all USAF markings. They gave the 
flight crews civilian clothes and took away all IDs. That was the beginning 
of Air America.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Bittner" <mmab at cox.net>
To: <kgordon2006 at verizon.net>; "Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio 
equipment." <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>; <WA5CAB at cs.com>
Cc: <ARC5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Radio Equipment installed in Grumman F6F-3 at NMNA


> On the F8F Bearcat; While stationed at NAS Corpus Christi in 1956, I
> observed the Naval Overhaul Facility there cranking out "like new" F8Fs 
> for
> the French.  I assume most of these wound up in smoking holes in Vietnam
> before the French pulled out.  The rest of the Bearcats were used as
> transition trainers for student pilots destined for the Douglas AD.  The 
> AD,
> later called the A1 also played a roll in "The Bridges at Toko-Ri".
>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at verizon.net>
>> To: <WA5CAB at cs.com>
>> Cc: <ARC5 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 4:38 PM
>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Radio Equipment installed in Grumman F6F-3 at NMNA
>>
>>
>>> On 8 Jun 2010 at 18:27, WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> Actually, the F9F was the swept-wing Couger.
>>>
>>> That was the F9F-6
>>>
>>>> The Panther was the
>>>> straight-wing F8F
>>>
>>> No. Actually, the F9F-5 WAS the Panther, while the F9F-6
>>> was the Couger, developed from the Panther.
>>>
>>> The F8F was the piston engined Bearcat. It was a REAL
>>> little hot-rod and VERY maneuverable.
>>>
>>> Roy Grumman asked his designers to put the biggest
>>> engine they could find into the smallest possible airframe,
>>> and they succeeded.
>>>
>>> I still wonder what radios the F7F and the F8F carried?
>>>
>>> ARC-5 VHF, perhaps?
>>>
>>> Ken W7EKB
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