[ARC5] FW: Pan Am aircraft radios

[Bart Lee]

Hi Hue,

Take a look at our article about PanAmRadio.  I think you may see the radio
you saw back in the day:

https://www.sowp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-Radios-of-Pan-American-Airways-v2-Out-of-Alameda.pdf

and others of interest that Pan Am used.

73 de Bart, K6VK ##

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On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 6:13 PM Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:

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> From: Hubert Miller
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> Subject: Pan Am aircraft radios
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> When I was working in Seattle electronics surplus store, ca. 1978, a
> fellow came in and was talking with Howard Lembke, the boss. This fellow
> said he picked up on this trip a Pan Am aircraft receiver. I may have even
> seen it, if so, it was one of the small regens with a couple of National
> type BM vernier dials. He said he was so happy to have it, as he'd worked
> for Pan Am. I don't specifically recall that he was a Pan Am flight
> radioman, but he may well have been; otherwise why his obvious great
> happiness in having this receiver. This gentleman had some kind of
> insurance agency business, in, I think, Yakima WA or - less likely,
> Wenatchee WA. Pretty sure it was Yakima. I think I even had his business
> card, but pretty sure it's gone. It was Carl somebody.  I will wonder to
> the rest of my days who finally got the receiver. Was it tossed, or is it
> sitting in someone's house now, underappreciated? I have enough projects
> now, but maybe I'll look into trying to trace back that insurance agency
> name.
>
> -Hue Miller
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