[ARC5] B-36J Radio Operator Position

[Robert Eleazer]

First, the B-36J did not have an Ipod charger.  That was not added until the B-52H.

As for the Jimmy Stewart movie, I have a copy, and always look in that scene where they have crashed in the Arctic to see what kinds of radios are visible.  But I can never ID anything.  Looking at a reference work I have, I can tell that the radio operator position was indeed in the location as depicted in the movie.  In the movie, recall that one guy kept at the radio transmitting until impact, but I don't think you can see anything of the radio itself.

Anyone out there who would not have loved to have a play house - or a hamshack - made out of the nose of a B-36?

I am impressed that the ART-13 and BC-348 was fitted to an airplane that did not start to come off the production lines until late 1953.  Musta been pretty darn good equipment.

Wayne