[ARC5] SCR-183/283 use

[Robert Eleazer]

Back around 1976 I attended a fly-in at Paul's Valley, OK.  In a hanger was a Cessna UC-78 (civilian version called a T-50) that was stating to be restored.  They had stripped the fabric off of it and I was astounded to see it had a SCR-183 or 283 still installed.

The airplane had flown into Pauls Valley airport, and due to bad weather had landed on I-35 until the weather cleared, after which the highway patrol allowed it to take off and continue on to the airport.

So, that bird had been flying around for some years after WWII with that old radio installation, which I assume had ceased to work long ago, before being parked somewhere for no doubt many years.  I don't know what else it had installed; I did not see anything else.

Wayne