[Elecraft] [K4][K3][K2] FS: David Clark H10-20 Aviation Headset

[Fred Jensen]

In addition to my regular duty as the Comm Officer at Galena AFS AK in 
1963, I also flew a DeHaviland L-20 "Beaver" for the CAP SAR missions.  
AK bush pilots never seemed to check the gas gauge before taking off so 
it was a couple of missions a month.  Not only was it deafening in 
flight, the oil filler pipe and dipstick came up between the seats 
providing, for your added comfort, a hot oil smell [and fine oil mist if 
you removed the cap to check the dipstick] in-flight.

The four headsets in the airplane were David Clark<somethings> of 
uncertain vintage to which several attempts to cushion them with foam 
had been made, none of which were particularly successful.  The L-20 
cruised around 120 kts [it maxed at about 130 kts at triple the noise] 
and, since no place in AK is close to any other place in AK, I was deaf 
with a headache after every mission.

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

jerry wrote on 12/17/2022 12:49 PM:
> Not to mention that pilots call them David "Clamp" Clarks.  Aviation
> headsets in general are not the epitome of comfort.
>
>   Small airplanes are like sitting in a steel garbage can
> while people pound on it with hammers.
>
>                     - Jerry, KF6VB
>



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