[ARC5] Jack Box

Tue Oct 19 14:07:56 EDT 2010

Now I recall that, Bob.  CRS is setting in!

One of my classmates at USAF Officer Training School (OTS) in
1961 at Lackland AFB was from Bangor, Maine.  Lefty (Robert)
Crane from Bangor, Maine!

He was the first NCO to go through the Airman Education and
Commissioning Program (AECP) and was one really sharp dude!
I imagine he probably went to retirement status within about
ten years after his (our) commissioning in May 1961.

Dow was not one of the choices available to me after I got
through with Navigator and Electronic Warfare Officer schools
in Feb of 1963.

* * * * * * * * * * *
* 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 *
* (Since 30 Nov 53) *
* Oklahoma City, OK *
* USAF, Ret (61-81) *
* * * * * * * * * * *

* "An unarmed man can but flee *
* from evil. Evil can NEVER be *
* overcome by flight FROM it." *

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> From: macklinbob at msn.com
> To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:36:30 -0700
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Jack Box
>
> It was Dow AFB. It was an active AFB until the late 60's It was a SAC bomber
> base when I was in SAC in the mid/late 50's.
>
> Bob Macklin
> K5MYJ
> Seattle, Wa.
> "Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "D C *Mac* Macdonald" 
> To: "ARC-5 Mail List" 
> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 6:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Jack Box
>
>
>
> What was the name of the SAC base at Bangor?
>
> It must have closed before I went into SAC in 1963.
>
> * * * * * * * * * * *
> * 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 *
> * (Since 30 Nov 53) *
> * Oklahoma City, OK *
> * * * * * * * * * * *
>
>
> * "An unarmed man can but flee *
> * from evil. Evil can NEVER be *
> * overcome by flight FROM it." *
>
>
>
>
>
> > 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
> > avionics.Your data plate indicates Eastern Airlines, a now non-existant
> > airline. When I was a teenager I flew the Eastern "shuttle" between
> > Newark, N.J. and Boston, Mass. probably 50 times or more.They flew
> > Lockheed "Electras" back then. Same 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
> > Maine.To get to Maine, I flew from Newark,N.J. to Bangor International on
> > olde, just this side of scrap, Connie's.( I think Eastern Airlines too) I
> > watched with fascnation as the rivits danced on the wings as we literally
> > skimmed the treetops going in to Bangor.Those engines made every note in
> > the orchestra and you could hear Rossini or Beathoven or any composer you
> > wished just by imagining the score.You wonder why Bangor ME is an
> > international airport? It is a retired SAC base and has long runways. Back
> > then, the international terminal was a large shack,mil style. It was also
> > the domestic terminal.If I could live those youthful days all over again,
> > I would in a heartbeat!
> > Jay KE6PPF
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Henry Mei'l's 
> > To: arc5 
> > 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,
> > never
> > 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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