[ETS/PARC List] FW: {Collins} FIFI ALERT - B-29 - AIR OPS Planned

[Don WILSON]

Date: Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 2:45 AM
Subject: {Collins} FIFI ALERT - B-29 - AIR OPS Planned
To: COLLINS at listserve.com


FIFI ALERT - B-29 Fifi  Flying Again - AIR OPS Planned








Most of you know that several months ago Fifi experienced an engine problem

and had to land and get it repaired. The repairs are now complete and she is

back in the air and has returned to Addison Texas, her home base. The

donations have paid for the repairs, but they still need some help with the

purchase of a replacement engine, in case this happens again while they are

on tour. You can go to their website if you are interested in helping.







Later in the month, on Thursday, the 21th of February, Fifi will depart from

Addison and fly to California to start a tour of airshows that will last

over a month.







GOOD NEWS..  On the Addison to El Paso leg of the flight she will have a

radio operator on board and the ART-13/BC-348 radio room with be logging

contacts on 40 meters.







February 21, 2013 - - -  Takeoff estimated at 1600 UTC



Radio Position Operation - Using Special Events Call Sign   N5A



40 meters - 7200 kHz  AM



Take off and radio operation commences at 10:00 local or 1600 UTC



The radio operator will be Loney Duncan, W0GZV.







There will be one or two ground stations that will be organizing contacts

with Fifi and acting as a kind of "Net Control". This is being done to avoid

pileups. This is particularly important because Fifi has difficulty hearing

due to all that electrical noise on HF from those four big engines that are

almost on top of the antenna. Please listen on frequency before

transmitting, and do everything you can to not interfere with operations.







Listen for W5CZ, Rod Perala, who is again going to be one of the "Net

Controls". Rod was on frequency for the last operations and did a great job.

Other stations that will be helping will be announce here and on the

reflector as the time gets closer.







Watch the reflector during and right before the takeoff for updates should

there need to be any.







For those of you that turned in QSL cards from the last contacts, there have

been some delays in processing the Fifi cards, but they are coming we have

been informed. So  be patient.







Watch the website for updates, but this flight should give us about 3 hours

of good operating time with the Fifi radio position in flight.







Good luck to all,











Bill Carns, N7OTQ



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