[Collins] KWM-1 neutralization procedure

[George Morton]

Rolynn - Nat GEO channel just started the area 51 bcst
again.  The last minute before it ends shows the KWM1
on a test bench in the A12 (aka SR71) hanger.  Brgds, Geo
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Morton" <n7hr at bendbroadband.com>
To: "ROLYNN PRECHTL K7DFW" <k7dfw at clatskanie.com>; 
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Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2011 8:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Collins] KWM-1 neutralization procedure


> Rolyn et al:  Just saw a nat geo tv prgm on area 51, at one minute to the 
> hour they showed a pix of KWM1
> on a test bench in a A12 (aka SR71) hanger.  Brgds, Geo
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "ROLYNN PRECHTL K7DFW" <k7dfw at clatskanie.com>
> To: <collins at mailman.qth.net>; <kwm-1 at yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2011 9:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [Collins] KWM-1 neutralization procedure
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>
>> U-2 spyplanes and why it was unlikely that a KWM-1 was ever installed in 
>> a
>> U-2.
>>
>> ====================================
>>
>> U-2s of the 4080th SRW at Davis Monthan AFB had KWM-1s which were mounted
>> behind the pilot. They had standard, not reversed nomenclature. Missing 
>> were
>> the PTO and it's knob as well as some other parts. Fixed freqs were the
>> order. With the addition of approx two or three dozen parts, passive
>> components and mechanical things, they could be rebuilt back into an 
>> amateur
>> KWM-1. I have seen this and have held one, removed from one of the 4080th
>> aircraft, in my hands.
>>
>> K7DFW
>> USAF SAC and TAC 1962-1966
>>
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