[ARC5] PBY Radios

[releazer at earthlink.net]

I don't know the type of radios involved but I read of the delivery of the first PBY to the British.  After they arrived in the UK the US crew was asked about the route they took.  They described it and the Brits thought they had to be lying.  Not only could no Brit aircraft have flown that route, but the engine cowlings were not covered in oil, so it could have not have been a flight that long.  The Brits asked about the radios on the PBY, saying they were having trouble with their patrol planes being able to contact home base.  The US crew replied that they had been communicating with the Consolidated plant in San Diego while on final approach to the Brit base.  The Brits did not believe that, either.  So the next day they went up and observed comm with SD again. 

Wayne
WB5WSV