[ARC5] Very Scarce Piece BC-611 BC-721

[Jack Antonio]

On 5/28/2013 1:22 PM, D. Platt wrote:
> Looking at the glider display and glider tow rigging at the USAF Air
> Mobility Museum at Dover AFB, it appeared to me that there were "wires"
> included in the tow harness going back into the glider cockpit area. The
> mock-up at the museum included an HS-23/33 headset and microphone,
> although no radio gear, except for the BC-611.  Could it be that the
> glider communicated with the host C-47 via wire?  I can't imagine the
> poor glider pilot would be totally out of the loop with the tow plane.


There was a system known as the AN/AIA-1 which was from what I
have been able to determine, was a headset/mic extension from
the tow plane intercom system.

How this was used with, or replaced, the glider borne handie talkie
is something that I also would like to know.

Jack Antonio WA7DIA/4