[ARC5] A10 Warthog

[William Ripley]

The U2 was derived from the F-104, not the F-106. 

Bill Ripley
Bill.Ripley at brame-tech.com 
(505) 980-8353

> On Jul 3, 2018, at 1:46 PM, K5MYJ <macklinbob at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The U-2 was built by Lockheed. The F-106 was built by Convair.
> 
> The U-2 has nothing in common with the F-106 other than the J-57 engine.
> 
> I worked for NASA in the late 70's and we had 3 U-2s.
> 
> Bob Macklin
> K5MYJ
> Seattle, Wa.
> "Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brooke Clarke" <brooke at pacific.net>
> To: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2018 11:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] A10 Warthog
> 
> 
>> Hi Jack:
>> 
>> It turns out that the U-2 is built on the F-106 frame.
>> 
>> -- 
>> Have Fun,
>> 
>> Brooke Clarke
>> http://www.PRC68.com
>> http://www.end2partygovernment.com/2012Issues.html
>> axioms:
>> 1. The extent to which you can fix or improve something will be limited by how well you understand how it works.
>> 2. Everybody, with no exceptions, holds false beliefs.
>> 
>> -------- Original Message --------
>>>> On 7/3/2018 11:46 AM, Bill Cromwell wrote:
>>>> See,
>>>> 
>>>> We are talking about military aircraft radios:)
>>>> .
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> This is from 20 or so years ago, the ANG at Reno held an
>>> open house with numerous aircraft on display. One of them
>>> was an A-10. Comm radios were UHF and FM, but I don't
>>> know exactly what types.
>>> 
>>> There also was a U-2(or whatever it's designation was at the time)
>>> on display, with an open cockpit. It had an HF control panel,
>>> the frequency set on it was 10.000 MHz.
>>> 
>>> Off topic, but some years earlier, they had an open house
>>> with an F-106 on display. Got to see it take off, IMHO,
>>> a very elegant airplane. (Also like the F-105, but
>>> for very different reasons).
>>> 
>>> Jack Antonio
>>> WA7DIA
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