[ARC5] SCR-718 in a KC-135

[Taigh Ramey]

Speaking of KC-135's... I was on a crew to fly the B-29 Hawg Wild from
Tucson to the Imperial War Museum in Duxford England in 1980. We stopped for
a week at Loring AFB in Maine for repairs in preparation for the trip across
the Atlantic.

We had some nice base tours while we were there and a B-52 navigator named
Jake Huffman had taken us in a B-52 going through overhaul and then we got
to go inside a KC-135. I was astonished to see the indicator for the SCR-718
radio altimeter mounted on the left side of the Navs panel. It was complete
with DAY-44 on the data plate. What a surprise to see a WWII radio installed
in a current Air Force aircraft, well current for 1980 anyway.


Taigh

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From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of Wayne Eleazer
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 6:35 AM
To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [ARC5] Gibson Girl

I have a copy of a 1960's vintage KC-135A pilot's manual.  The Gibson Girl
is featured in it.

In the movie Island in the Sky, not only is the Gibson Girl featured, but on
the downed C-47 the radio operator using a BC-348 can be seen as well.

Back in the late 1970's across the street from Tinker AFB there was a
surplus dealer selling Gibson Girl transmitters in those large yellow
soft-sided storage containers.

I recall reading that the Gibson Girl was a copy of a WWII Luftwaffe
emergency transmitter.  Anyone ever hear of that?  And I think the US models
included not only 500 KHZ but an 3MHZ range HF frequency as well.

Wayne   

  
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