[ARC5] Vibrator Power Supplies
Richard Knoppow
1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
Tue Nov 21 17:49:26 EST 2017
Look at old movies on You Tube for a reminder of just how much
people smoked. Smoking in public places has been restricted here for so
long that its easy to forget just how prevalent it was.
I didn't know military aircraft had ashtrays, but probably no lighters.
On 11/21/2017 2:32 PM, Michael Hanz wrote:
> Thus the need for "Receivers, Ash" found in abundance around the
> aircraft in the era...
>
> It's an interesting study in itself -
> http://aafradio.org/flightdeck/Peripherals-misc.html has more on the
> WWII aircraft ash trays, but I have a 1936 Ford ash tray that was
> incorporated into a later 5.75" Dzus mounted rack mount format for
> postwar aircraft, and I seem to recall photos of ash trays in the B-52,
> though I think they were not drawn from automobile manufacturer's
> products as during the war.
>
> - Mike KC4TOS
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Richard Knoppow
1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
WB6KBL
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