[Hallicrafters] Aeronautical Mobile
Larry WA9VRH
wa9vrh at mtco.com
Tue Mar 7 20:44:56 EST 2006
Hi Sandy,
Yes it was a Voyager. It didn't have the Skyfone in it but had an
Alpha 200. However I do have a Skyfone CA-2 that I found after we
bought the Stinson. I was our first time flying a tail dragger and it
was fun learning. My wife (who was a ground school instructor) was the
only one who ground looped it. She only damaged her pride but took a
long time to live it down because she did the ground loop at the
airport where our mechanic was based. My father in law was also a
partner in the Stinson and flew it a number of hours. My in laws
retired form their jobs in the Peoria area and moved back to TN to the
farm where my father in law grew up. So my wife and I ended up with
the Stinson. We were both getting busier at work and we discussed
selling the Stinson. We really didn't want to as we still enjoyed
flying. However one afternoon when I arrived home a phone call from
the Peoria Police Department sort of made up our mind. The Detective
asked if I owned 930... and I told him yes. He asked I I had seen the
airplane lately. I told him I flew it on saturday but this was now
Tuesday. To make a long story short someone around 4:00 AM stole the
Stinson and eventually ran it out of fuel and made a dead stick landing
outside of Redwing Mn. He got a ride into town and went into a bar and
had a couple of beers. Then said I need to go attend to my airplane. He
walked out of the bar never to be seen again. The Feds dusted the plane
for prints and my wife and I had to go get our prints on file so they
would know the difference. They never found a match and to this day we
have no idea who stole it.
Our only hope is someday someone on their death bed will go HAH guess
what I did back in 19.. and no one ever found out.
Well we had to let the Stinson sit in the hay field sit for about a
month so the farmer could cut his hay and that way our insurance
company would not have to pay any more damage to his crop.
When we got the Stinson back it was in good shape but was covered in
black stuff which was the stuff the Fed's used for getting fingerprints.
Shortly after that we decided to sell the Stinson so it could go to a
home where it would get more use. It left the Peoria area and went to
the Chicago area. A few years ago I used the search facility on QRZ to
locate the "N" number. We were all please to see it is in Alaska
probably where it is very happy! We still think about someday finding
another Stinson. However our work load has not decreased. But it is
fun on those Spring, Summer and Fall days thinking about flying through
the clouds.
Oh yes the Hallicrafters connection, I am thinking about getting a 3880
or 3885 crystal for the Skyfone and getting back on the air. Also if
anyone need a manual for a CA-2 I can supply a copy.
Thanks for listening.
73 Larry WA9VRH
On Monday, March 6, 2006, at 09:44 PM, Sandy W5TVW wrote:
> Could that have been a Stinson Voyaguer? 4 place, two in front two in
> back.
> Radio was a Hallicrafters SKYFONE?
> 73,
> Sandy W5TVW
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Larry WA9VRH" <wa9vrh at mtco.com>
> To: "Larry WA9VRH" <wa9vrh at mtco.com>
> Cc: "Roger K8RI" <hallicraftersgroup at rogerhalstead.com>;
> <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>; "TC
> Dailey" <daileyservices at qwest.net>
> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 9:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Aeronautical Mobile
>
>
> | To Mark,
> |
> | Last plane owned was a 1948 Stinson. I was fun to fly but when you
> | pulled the throttle it flew like a brick.
> | 73 Larry
> |
> | On Monday, March 6, 2006, at 09:38 PM, Larry WA9VRH wrote:
> |
> | > Well in the mid 70's I was living in Ankeny IA in between Des
> Moines
> | > and Ames. I am from Peoria Il. and made a number of trips back and
> | > forth via my Cessna Skyhawk. The 55 mph speed limit was in force at
> | > the time so the hour and 45 minutes was much better that the drive
> | > time. I had a 1/4 wave 2m whip on the back of the 172 and an Icom
> IC2A
> | > 2m rig that would run 5 or 20 watts (if I remember correctly) I
> would
> | > climb to 3000 feet and dial up the 2m .76 repeater in Peoria. I
> would
> | > give a call to Ruby WA9KFK who lived in the Peoria area. She would
> > call
> | > my parents who would then show up at Mt. Hawley airport on the
> North
> | > end of Peoria about an hour and a half later to retrieve me.
> | > After making my contact with my parents I would switch over to
> 146.52
> | > and talk to a number of people whom I talked to just about every
> time
> | > I made the trip home or back. I had the 2m rig wired through the
> | > 172's audio system so it was not a problem hearing anyone on 2m. I
> | > wish there would have been an Icom 706 at the time! WOW would that
> | > have been cool with a wire antenna and a tuner.
> | > The fun I could have had! However the fun on 2m was really fun.
> The
> | > best trip way back to Ames. Between Ankeny and Ames were two
> towers
> | > that were around 2000 feet tall. ( or somewhere around that) When
> I
> | > got to altitude on the way back about 60 miles out of Peoria I
> could
> | > see the lights ot the two towers. So it was kind of point and go
> if
> | > there was no weather in the area. Stll would have been fun on HF.
> | > Maybe it's time to get current again??
> | >
> | > 73 Larry WA9VRH
> | >
> | >
> | > On Monday, March 6, 2006, at 08:49 PM, Roger K8RI wrote:
> | >
> | >> Let's see...
> | >> I could take out the back seat and mount the HT32B and SX101A back
> | >> there. Not sure about the HT-33B. If I put that back there, then
> I'm
> | >> going to have to find one big fat guy to ride up front to keep the
> | >> weight and balance where it belongs. OTOH that means I need a
> really
> | >> small, skinny operator to run the rig in back. Sill, I'm going to
> | >> have to do something about the alternator and battery. Ever see
> the
> | >> size of a battery in an airplane? They are about the size of the
> ones
> | >> in a motorcycle. It does have a big alternator. Of course I thin
> | >> need to find a really good inverter for the 110 VAC.
> | >>
> | >>> From Michigan it's about 5 to 6 hours (at 14 GPH at $3.50 a
> gallon)
> | >>> to
> | >> international airspace so I could truly operate "aeronautical"
> | >> mobile. That's $294 for gas, each way. Maybe I'll stick to
> carrying
> | >> the 2-meter HT along on trips. <:-))
> | >>
> | >> 73
> | >>
> | >> Roger (K8RI)
> | >>
> | >>
> | >>> Real airplanes have the fans in the front or back... not inside
> (or
> | >>> on top).
> | >>>
> | >>> Tom - WØEAJ
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