[ARC5] Interesting BC-451-A on eBay

[Mike Everette]

Now that I think about it, this aircraft with the Command Set installation may have been a Stinson Reliant rather than a Norseman.  Probably an SR-5, SR-7 or SR-9 version.

Also, per my other post about the Twin Beech:  This a/c had been removed from storage in about 1968.  No idea how long it had been in storage.  It had been coocooned, and pieces of the material were still adhering to the control surfaces.  Its last flight was from wherever it had been stored (probably somewhere in the East Coast region rather than Davis-Monthan) to NC, in 1968 or 69.  The aircraft was in excellent condition.  In addition to the ARC-5s, it had an ARN-30 setup, ARN-7 radio compass, ARN-8 marker receiver, APN-1 radio altimeter, and ARC-27 UHF (but that radio was removed before the plane was released as surplus).  

73

Mike
W4DSE

--- On Sun, 2/17/13, Mike Everette <radiocompass at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Mike Everette <radiocompass at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Interesting BC-451-A on eBay
> To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net, "Jack Antonio" <scr287 at att.net>
> Date: Sunday, February 17, 2013, 8:59 PM
> I have seen a web page featuring a
> Noorduyn Norseman aircraft which was found in a barn,
> probably back in the 1990s, painted red with white N-numbers
> and striping trim.  This a/c had a full complement of
> Command Set radios, not sure if they were ARC-5 or ATA/ARA
> but they were all black, still installed when it was
> discovered.  The web page is probably still out there
> somewhere.  It would be interesting to examine the
> maintenance records for this bird.
> 
> 73
> 
> Mike
> W4DSE
> 
> --- On Sun, 2/17/13, Jack Antonio <scr287 at att.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Jack Antonio <scr287 at att.net>
> > Subject: Re: [ARC5] Interesting BC-451-A on eBay
> > To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> > Date: Sunday, February 17, 2013, 11:57 AM
> > On 2/17/2013 11:36 AM, Mike Morrow
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > This also seems to indicates that this unit was
> used in
> > a SCR-274-N
> > > transmitting system that was still in use about
> five
> > years after the
> > > end of WWII.
> > 
> > 
> > Would it have been legal back in the late 40s or early
> 50s,
> > to install
> > an SCR-274N ( or similar equivalent radio) in a
> privately
> > owned aircraft?
> > 
> > Jack Antonio WA7DIA/4
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >
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