[ARC5] survival

[Mark K3MSB]

I caught that movie a few weeks ago.    What was the transmitter paired up
with the BC-348 in the C-47 ?

Mark K3MSB

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 6:14 AM, Alan Morriss <mohawk at clara.co.uk> wrote:

> i saw "island in the sky" when it first came out, and was very impressed
> with the authenticity . the forced landing in particular looked as if it
> was really done. the search pilot who found them was played by andy devine,
> and everyone thought  him really convincing. he had a gadget fixed up so
> that he could operate the controls of the autopilot without having to lean
> forward. after the film , everyone did the same .
> they were located using the bendix ADF , the old "coffee grinder" , which
> is just how it would have been done.
> when i did my survival course we were taught how to fly the aerial with
> the kite and trail the counterpoise . we also had a SARBE , which was much
> more reliable. in those days all ship's radio operators kept watch on 500
> khz .the liferaft also had lots of other stuff, such as barley sugar sweets
> , there was a fishing kit as well , and we were told that no one had ever
> caught anything with it, but it was to keep the crew amused and maintain
> morale. i expect the radio performed the same function.
> nowadays , things are much better. ELTs go straight into a satellite .i
> used to carry a post war version og the gibson girl , but when i was stuck
> in greenland i was told by a ground engineer that when fitting an ELT to a
> helicopter inside the hangar it was dropped. they switched it off
> immediately, but received a call from brussels in minutes saying that there
> was an ELT operaring in the vicinity of gothaab.
> in "fate is the hunter" ernest gann says that going into narssasuaq, then
> called  blue west one, was the greatest thrill in civil aviation. i agree ,
> although the old hongkong airport at kai tak gave it a close run. alan G4GEN
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