[ARC5] Womens Army Service Pilots to be Honored at Rose Parade

[David Stinson]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jay Coward" <jcoward5452 at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [ARC5] 
Womens Army Service Pilots to be Honored at Rose Parade
> ... My guess is they used BC-1206-*'s. .

They used quit a mix of radios.  Many 1206s, but also
Lear, Ranger and other popular "light aircraft" sets.
I have a written procedure for issuing radios to ferrying-pilots.
If a radio wasn't factory-installed in the aircraft,
the ferrying pilots were issued a set to be "haywired" in 
(or even wired into a little case to be set on the floor- 
I have some of these).   Usually, the pilot took the radio with her 
and either took the train back "home" or flew another leg.  
Usually, only the Flight Leader had a transmitter.  
The rest of the flight had receivers only, usually LF because 
nearly every "Tower" in CONUS transmitted on a Longwave 
frequency and of course, beacons and "the beams" were on LF.   
I have several sets with handles-
one just a jury-rigged strip of aluminium, and one Ranger set built 
into a little luggage case.  Have one Lear Tx/Rx "stack" that
was certainly WASP because the badly deteriorated cover found 
on the floor of a barn in Texas still had traces 
of "FiFiNella" on it. Very cool and one of my favorite pieces :-)
http://wingsacrossamerica.us/wasp/fifi.htm

73 DE Dave AB5S