[ARC5] Jack Box

Mon Oct 18 21:57:00 EDT 2010

Not sure when it was closed or what it's official name was but it was quite active in 1967-1969 time frame. While we campers were trout fishing and canoeing from the west branch of the Penobscot to Fort Kent ME, the B-52's skimed overhead at tree top (probably 1000 ft) and as we lay back in our canoes fishing for Lake Trout we watched the formation contrails with interlooping fighter contrails  artworking our sky and glad we were whare we were.
 J KE6PPF

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From: D C *Mac* Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com>
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hat was the name of the SAC base at Bangor?
It must have closed before I went into SAC in 1963.
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> To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
 From: jcoward5452 at aol.com
 Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 21:14:02 -0400
 Subject: Re: [ARC5] Jack Box

 Hello Henry,
 I believe that Gables was / is a manufacturer of comercial airline 
vionics.Your data plate indicates Eastern Airlines, a now non-existant airline. 
hen I was a teenager I flew the Eastern "shuttle" between Newark, N.J. and 
oston, Mass. probably 50 times or more.They flew Lockheed "Electras" back then. 
ame airframe as PV-3's (correct me if I'm wrong, guys!).
 As an aside,I spent several wonderful summers on the Allagash waterway in 
aine.To get to Maine, I flew from Newark,N.J. to Bangor International on olde, 
ust this side of scrap, Connie's.( I think Eastern Airlines too) I watched with 
ascnation as the rivits danced on the wings as we literally skimmed the 
reetops going in to Bangor.Those engines made every note in the orchestra and 
ou could hear Rossini or Beathoven or any composer you wished just by imagining 
he score.You wonder why Bangor ME is an international airport? It is a retired 
AC base and has long runways. Back then, the international terminal was a large 
hack,mil style. It was also the domestic terminal.If I could live those 
outhful days all over again, I would in a heartbeat!
 Jay KE6PPF

 -----Original Message-----
 From: Henry Mei'l's <meils at get2net.dk>
 To: arc5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
 Sent: Mon, Oct 18, 2010 11:04 am
 Subject: [ARC5] Jack Box

 Hi 
 Was just tidying up in my shack and ran across my long forgotten Jack Box, 
ever 
 ooked closely at it before but now
 ealize it's most probably of interest on this site:
 label, top: MOD.NO.G 92E-2 SER.NO. ***
 JACK BOX
 GEM
 G A B L E S E N G I N E E R I N G
 CORAL GABLES, FLA.

 label, front panel, center: EASTERN 201
 AIRLINES 
 COMMUNICATIONS 23 JA 34

 ample of text above 8 toggle swtiches: 
 MARK VHF NAV RECVRS COMM 
 ECVRS

 f wanted, I could take a photo of this unit.
 It's been "de-militarized" -- about 1½" cable section and the connector have 
 een removed, but otherwise clean.
 Measures about 6"H x 10"W x 3" D. Black with white lettering
 Henry, Cph.
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