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

[Gene Smar]

Mike:

     If you're referring to the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, that occured in 
March - May, 1954. http://www.dienbienphu.org/english/ .  FYI.


73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F


----- 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 8:50 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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