[ARC5] BC-348 Franken-Fied

[mstangelo at comcast.net]

What transmitter did Chuck Yaeger use? Did they have special metal tubes?

Maybe they used the subminiature tubes designed for Proximity Fuze Bombs :-)

Mike N2ms

----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net>
To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Sat, 11 Jul 2015 13:37:47 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: [ARC5] BC-348 Franken-Fied


> "Maybe this is model of the rare BC-348-XXX designed for the B-29"

> Actually it's for the Spirit of St. Louis, like the engine cowling.

These types of ill-informed speculations are inappropriate for a professional information source like this list!

Reference to applicable **official** documentation, the aircraft "dash one", shows it to be the model of BC-348 used in the HF liaison set onboard the Bell X-1.  It is the only BC-348 that ever broke the sound barrier, and hence used all metal tubes to keep the glass from breaking.

Mike / KK5F
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