[ARC5] [Milsurplus] RAT and RAT-1: The Arizona Connection

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 3:01 PM, David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> At first glance, most don't appear to have been installed.
> But then, many other sets we know were installed came
> out in good shape.  Were the unused crates sent to
> the boneyards?  Don't know why that would be, since
> none of the other still-crated stuff seems to have gone
> that route; it got sold-off where it was or bulldozed under.

I wonder the same. Assuming they weren't installed before/during WWII,
perhaps it was done since excess aircraft were parked out there for
later use or sale, before the days of big DRMO auctions and such.
Spares could've been sent there to be kept nearby for use until they
were indeed or declared excess/obsolete. Kind of a master aircraft
motor pool, for lack of a better description? "What's it say on the
box? Aircraft radio? Send it to XYZ in AZ." If so, it might've been as
simple as where it was located as to how it was handled or where it
was sent.

Just a WAG on my part. No science involved.

~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4