[ARC5] PBY Radios

[Tim]

Speaking of PBY pilots, I worked with a WWII PBY pilot. (Nick Broderick).
He told me the PBY took off, cruised, stalled and landed ALL at 95 knots.
hihi
Tim
N6CC

On Mon, Dec 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM Hubert Miller <kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:

> Not that it matters, but PBY pilot's name is Francis Yonker. He was moving
> to FL and was lightening his collection. That's where i bought my second
> ATB.
>
> I wish i had interviewed Don Johnson,  author of a couple books with
> titles like 'Everything You Wanted To Know About Mobile Hamming' back when
> Worldradio magazine was still extant. He had flown as radio op on the
> 'Black cat' PBY attack bombers in the Pacific WW2. I am retired now, but
> our schedules still don't match. I have the time now, but he has gone. A
> cousin of mine was actually Funker on a U- Boat, but when i was around him,
> i was too young to think of many questions. Oh well. My brother went to
> Germany and stayed at cousin's house, but he didn't ask questions like
> Detective Miller ( as i have been called ) would have.
> -Hue Miller
>
>
>
> Sent from my Galaxy
>
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Hubert Miller <kargo_cult at msn.com>
> Date: 11/30/25 16:48 (GMT-08:00)
> To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net, "'milsurplus at mailman'" <
> Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] PBY Radios
>
> My previous post named Frederick Chesson as the source of my ATB. It
> struck me minutes later, this is an obvious error. I may find the pilot's
> name later, more likely not  but i'm sure he has since gone on to another
> plane of existance.
> -Hue Miller
>
>
>
> Sent from my Galaxy
>
>
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