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

[Bob Macklin]

That's right. I did not remember the exact month.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Smar" <ersmar at verizon.net>
To: "Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio equipment." 
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Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Radio Equipment installed in Grumman F6F-3 at NMNA


> 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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