[ARC5] Zener Question and P-61 Info

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My father-in-law once told me that he was in the O-Club at Hollandia and 
remembers overhearing the argument and bet.  And later (along with most of the 
other people who had been at lunch that day) witnessed the stall and crash 
on the side of Mt Cyclops.  He and his B-24 crew were on their way back to 
the States at the time.  Some years ago, I supplied an inverter and some 
other bits for the restoration.  Haven't heard anything recently about how 
that's been going.

In a message dated 1/14/2011 11:11:02 PM Central Standard Time, 
ka1kaq at gmail.com writes: 
> I think there are a few in museums, none flying (yet).
> 
> This one is being rebuilt to airworthy condition after being plucked
> off the side of a mountain in New Guinea. Very interesting story
> behind it. A program on one of the cable channels showed some of the
> recovery efforts several years back.
> 
> http://www.maam.org/p61.html
> 
> There are a lot of good photos, including several of the
> well-outfitted radar and radio compartment.
> 
> Can't wait to see it back in the air -
> 
> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 8:22 PM,  <jcoward5452 at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >Any surviving P-61's? A very cool and capable aircraft with some very 
> cool features like LOTS of GUNS and Radar for night fighting. I wonder what it 
> must have been like for the P-61 aircrew to fight with a machine like that 
> beast in the dark and relying on instruments and the latest avionics and 
> EW gear during the last air battles of  WWII?
> > Jay KE6PPF
> > PS just started to read "Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors"and the 
> author is "getting it right" in the first pages describing "Talk Between Ships" 
> radio circuit and how propogation can do weird things sometimes.
> 

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