[ARC5] ARC-5 in the X-1

[Robert Eleazer]

I guess we can assume that one used was the tower freq for Muroc.  I would guess that the XS-1 project had its own freq for air to air as well.

Another bit of trivia is the radio used as the ground station for the X-1 in the movie, '"The Right Stuff" I believe was an RT-68/GRC. 

The first flights of the XS-1 actually were at Pinecastle AAF, later known as McCoy AFB, now Orlando International Airport.  At that time it was a semi-closed base.  But those were all unpowered glide flights.

Wayne
WB5WSV  
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mike Everette 
  To: David Stinson ; Robert Eleazer ; arc5 at mailman.qth.net 
  Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2016 12:14 PM
  Subject: Re: [ARC5] ARC-5 in the X-1


  This would be an interesting bit of trivia -- the frequencies used especially for Chuck Yeager's record flight.  The information may be lost to history though.


  73


  Mike


  WA4DLF




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  From: David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
  To: Robert Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net>; arc5 at mailman.qth.net 
  Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2016 7:43 AM
  Subject: Re: [ARC5] ARC-5 in the X-1



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Robert Eleazer" <releazer at earthlink.net>
  Subject: [ARC5] ARC-5 in the X-1


  >... VHF ARC-5 being used in the later X-1A, but it appears
  > it was used in the very first X-1 airplanes as well.

  Lighter system than the ARC-1 or ARC-3,
  more capable and more reliable than the older
  ARC-4 or SCR-522.
  And during design, it's easier to find three small spaces 
  than it is to find one great big space.

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