[Hallicrafters] Sour Grapes

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

On 3/8/06, William L Howard <wlhoward at verizon.net> wrote:
> I recall early on in my radio-addiction hearing a commercial airliner
> over the Atlantic with an engine fire. Think it was a 707, IIRC. Good
> ol' HF AM. Of course, it was heard on an old Philco floor
> model/console, but it did lead to my first SW receiver: the S-40B,
> followed by a huge National RAO-7.
> de Todd/'Boomer'  KA1KAQ
>
> So what happened to the airplane?

You're asking a lot here, Bill. That was.....1976-77? I know they were
talking to the control tower/ATC in NY (I think) to get emergency
landing clearance, but where I don't recall. I suspect I was
instructed to turn off the radio for dinner, since I had installed it
in the dining room. Hey, it took more space than I had available in my
room!

I do remember that the pilot had a thick Italian or Spanish accent,
though. And I was sooooo hooked on radio at that point.

de Todd/'Boomer'  KA1KAQ