[ARC5] B-36J Radio Operator Position

[Bob Macklin]

I thought the B-36s were retired by 1959.

In 1956 the B-47 was SAC's main bomber and the B-52 was entering service in 
1958.

As the B-52s entered service the B-36s were supposed to be retired.

Until the mid 50's SAC still had B-50s in service. SAC had 5 fighter escort 
wings to protect the B-50s.

The 27th FEW from Bergstom AFB, Austin, Tx. was the first jet fighter wing 
in S. Korea during the Korean War. I was an NCO in the 27th SFW in 1956.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "D C _Mac_ Macdonald" <k2gkk at hotmail.com>
To: "Scott Johnson" <scottjohnson1 at cox.net>; "ARC-5 Mail List" 
<arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] B-36J Radio Operator Position


> The B-52Fs in which I flew (EWO) had ARC-65.
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> ~~ ~ D C "Mac" Macdonald ~ ~~
> ~ ~ Amateur Radio - K2GKK ~ ~
> ~ ~ USAF and FAA, Retired ~ ~
> ~ ~ ~ Oklahoma City, OK ~ ~ ~
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>> From: scottjohnson1 at cox.net
>> To: macklinbob at msn.com; arc5 at mailman.qth.net
>> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:42:10 -0700
>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] B-36J Radio Operator Position
>>
>> The ARC-21-is a big trashcan built by RCA, it was installed in B-36s, 
>> B-47s,
>> B-52s, and KC-97 and 135s.  Later on, it was modified  (drastically) for 
>> SSB
>> by RCA and was re-designated the ARC-65.
>> I worked on these as a pup in SAC in the early eighties.  I have both the
>> ARC-21 and ARC-65 operational here, but not in the shack at the moment. 
>> The
>> ARC-58 is in the airborne slot at present.
>>
>> Scott W7SVJ
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bob Macklin [mailto:macklinbob at msn.com]
>> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 7:23 PM
>> To: Scott Johnson; 'Robert Eleazer'; arc5 at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] B-36J Radio Operator Position
>>
>> I do not know what an ARC-21 or ARR-36 is.
>>
>> I was in a SAC wing until 1957 when it was transferred to TAC.
>>
>> We had KB-29s. The ARC-8 was the HF liaison radio. The command set was
>> either an ARC-27 or an ARC-33. Those were the only command radios in our
>> shop.
>>
>> And we still had BC-453s installed.
>>
>> Bob Macklin
>> K5MYJ
>> Seattle, Wa.
>> "Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Scott Johnson" <scottjohnson1 at cox.net>
>> To: "'Bob Macklin'" <macklinbob at gmail.com>; "'Robert Eleazer'"
>> <releazer at earthlink.net>; <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 6:54 PM
>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] B-36J Radio Operator Position
>>
>>
>> > Wouldn't a B-36J have an ARC-21 and an ARR-36 auxiliary receiver?
>> > Especially by 1956, when that flight was depicted?
>> >
>> > Scott W7SVJ
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
>> > [mailto:arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
>> > On
>> > Behalf Of Bob Macklin
>> > Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 5:51 PM
>> > To: Robert Eleazer; arc5 at mailman.qth.net
>> > Subject: Re: [ARC5] B-36J Radio Operator Position
>> >
>> > The ARC-8(BC-348/ART-13) was used in the B-29/KB-29, B-50/KB-50,
>> > C-97/kick-97, C-124, C-54, C-118, and C-119 until at least 1959. A 
>> > radio
>> > operator was not required for domestic flights.
>> >
>> > The Pan Am Boeing 377 (C-97) was the last commercial airplane to carry 
>> > a
>> > radio officer. It was in use until at least 1960.
>> >
>> > Bob Macklin
>> > K5MYJ
>> > Seattle, Wa.
>> > "Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Robert Eleazer" <releazer at earthlink.net>
>> > To: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>> > Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 5:41 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [ARC5] B-36J Radio Operator Position
>> >
>> >
>> >> 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
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