[ARC5] [Milsurplus] More Moron-ities. This Will Turn Your Stomach

[J. Forster]

The Collins Foundation had no interest in radio or RADAR gear a decade ago.

It was all about the 'planes and pilots, ignoring the reality that without
electronics they could never have found their intended targets or gotten
back home, or gotten rescued at sea. Glorified truck and bus drivers, IMO.

Having completely poisoned the well, they may find a drink hard to get now.

-John

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> Yep.  That about sums up my one experience with the CAF.
>
> In a message dated 10/19/2011 15:44:06 PM Central Daylight Time,
> kb1fqg at yahoo.com writes:
>> Dave,
>>
>> Reminds me of many years ago when I went out to the Collings foundation
>> in
>> Stow, MA when they were restoring a B-24.  I offered to get the vintage
>> com gear in the radiomans postion up and running. I was even willing to
>> give
>> them a BC-348 and the BC-453, 454, and 455 if needed.  They had no
>> interest, stating the weight was to much to justify extra fuel cost and
>> it might
>> allow them to fit in an extra paying passenger.  Is a running BC-375
>> needed????  probably not but what a thrill it would have been to strap
>> on a pair of
>> bakelite earcrushers and listen to the BC-348 over the drone of the P&W
>> radials while in the radiomans position!  They asked me to clean some
>> metal
>> parts for repainting if I recall.  As much as I wanted to stay, and be
>> involved, they had just popped my ballon! I just said no thanks and went
>> home.
>>
>> John Flood
>> KB1FQG
>>
>>
>> >________________________________
>> >From: David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
>> >To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net; ARC-5 List <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>> >Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 4:04 PM
>> >Subject: [Milsurplus] More Moron-ities. This Will Turn Your Stomach
>> >
>> >180740366169
>> >Two clean Brit liasion sets destroyed for some half-a**ed
>> >make-believe "radio room" in what is now a half-a**ed,
>> >make-believe WWII aircraft.
>> >Read the description.
>> >I thought these clowns had learned their lessons about stripping-
>> >out the WWII gear to "save weight" (in an aircraft meant to haul
>> >thousands!)  a couple of decades ago when the event
>> >judges stopped awarding "make believe" restorations like this.
>> >Makes me sick.
>> >D.S.
>
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