[ARC5] USAF Museum Virtual Tour

[Robert Eleazer]

Mike:

I guess that is possible.  But a disliked feature of that model of the 
Skyraider was that they usually flew it with only one pilot, who had a lot 
more trouble seeing out the right side of the airplane than with the H and J 
models, that had just the single seat bubble canopy.  If they had put the HF 
control box on the right side the pilot would not have been able to reach 
it.

Of course, the fact the A-1E had two seats up front is the reason one of 
those, rather than an H or J, is in the USAF Museum.  That particular 
airplane was the one being flown by Maj Bernie Fisher, when another 
Skyraider was shot down over the A-Shau Special Forces camp.  Despite heavy 
ground fire and his own airplane being hit and losing its hydraulics he 
landed and picked up the other pilot, and got the Medal of Honor for it.

I have an airborne SSB transceiver someone gave me.  It apparently is 
crystal controlled, 10 channels, I think and thus the control box is quite 
small and simple (and available for only $164.10 on ebay).  So conceivably 
it might require very little room in the cockpit if it was one like that.

I wonder about the FM comm capability.  Given the CAS mission that 
particular airplane was supporting comm with the ground troops would have 
been essential.  However, while it has an FM switch on the center console, 
it appears that the FM position on the intercom wafer switch has been taped 
over.

Happy Memorial Day!

Wayne
WB5WSV
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mstangelo at comcast.net>
To: "Robert Eleazer" <releazer at earthlink.net>
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2016 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] USAF Museum Virtual Tour


> Wayne,
>
> If they ran out if space on the center console cold they have mounted it 
> in another panel?
>
> Mike N2MS
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Robert Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net>
> To: mstangelo at comcast.net
> Sent: Mon, 30 May 2016 02:06:55 -0000 (UTC)
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] USAF Museum Virtual Tour
>
> Had not seen that!  You mean the one in the center console.  Note that it
> has a FM switch also, for comm with ground troops, which would make a 
> whole
> lot more sense than HF.  Notice the wafer switch below that panel has an 
> HF
> selector position as well.  Of course, the A-1E was used by the USN before
> the USAF got it, so maybe the Navy had HF in it; that would not surprise 
> me
> as much.
>
> I don't see any controls for a FM radio either, like an ARC-44 or ARC-114.
>
> Wayne.
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> From: <mstangelo at comcast.net>
> To: "Robert Eleazer" <releazer at earthlink.net>
> Cc: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2016 9:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] USAF Museum Virtual Tour
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>
>> Wayne,
>>
>> Thanks. I asked because the panel on top with the toggle switches has an
>> HF switch.
>>
>> Mike N2MS
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Robert Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net>
>> To: mstangelo at comcast.net
>> Cc: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
>> Sent: Mon, 30 May 2016 00:55:52 -0000 (UTC)
>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] USAF Museum Virtual Tour
>>
>> Mike:
>>
>> I don't think the A-1E as used by the USAF had HF comm.  You can see VHF,
>> UHF, and ADF in the cockpit.  I have the pilot's manual for the earlier
>> AD-4
>> from July 1949 and it shows ARC-1, ARC-5 range receiver, ARR-2A VHF
>> homing,
>> APN-1, APS-19A and APX-2.
>>
>> Wayne
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <mstangelo at comcast.net>
>> To: "Robert Eleazer" <releazer at earthlink.net>
>> Cc: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2016 8:13 PM
>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] USAF Museum Virtual Tour
>>
>>
>>> Love these virtual tours.
>>>
>>> Can anyone find the HF control head? Waht tyoe of HF radio did the A-1E
>>> use?
>>>
>>> Happy Memorial Day.
>>>
>>> Mike N2MS
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Robert Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net>
>>> To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
>>> Sent: Sun, 29 May 2016 23:52:05 -0000 (UTC)
>>> Subject: [ARC5] USAF Museum Virtual Tour
>>>
>>> This is the link for a virtual tour of the USAF Museum:
>>>
>>> http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/full/z-050.html
>>>
>>> This is the link for a 360 deg up/down view of the A-1E cockpit in the
>>> USAF museum, works the same was the one of the B-36J:
>>> http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/media/050/A-1E%20Cockpit.html
>>>
>>> Have fun, and Happy Memorial Day, y'all!
>>>
>>> Wayne
>>> WB5WSV
>>>
>>>
>>>
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