[Milsurplus] Walkie-Talkie inventor

Tue, 19 Aug 2003 22:31:57 -0700

Tom Jr. was
> pretty much the head of Swift Enterprises with his Flying Lab, Rocket
Ship, etc

 yes , no  sort of....but here it is....

from the flying lab I quote

 " Mr. Swift took great delight in the fact that tom from earliest childhood
had shown all his fathers flair for invention. As soon as the boy was old
enough to study science, his father had been his  teacher."

in both Tom Swift Sr. and Tom Swift Jr. there was always a father that was a
mentor,  a teacher, and someone to  be ultimately reckoned with! Rick
Brant's father  same...
The fathers company was Swift Construction company which is referenced on
page3 of  Tom Swift and his jetmarine, which was formed to market Tom Swift
Sr's many inventions, the  Ned that is mentioned as Uncle Ned in the Jr
Series is also  the Ned that was the side kick in the orig Tom Swift Sr.
series.

another interesting toy is the miniaturized 20 meter transmitter built into
a pencil mentioned on page 5.

all great old fiction indeed. read most of the tom swift in 4th grade,
friend had a  set that was a present from his father...I could borrow those
and take them home but the father had a set of the  TS  sr's , to read those
I had to go to his house as he was not allowed to lend them out!

Did Tom Swift impact my life?  Indeed, for I would not be where I am today
without him!

Thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC

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 http://www.smecc.org
to see other engineering fields, communications and computation stuff we
buy, and by all means  when in Arizona drop in and see us.

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5802 w palmaire ave
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. Forster" <[email protected]>
To: "ed sharpe" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Milsurplus" <[email protected]>; "Wireless-Set-No19 @
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Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 8:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Walkie-Talkie inventor

> ed sharpe wrote:
>
> > no but I remember the  unit built in the helmet in the tom swift Jr.
series
> > that used acorn tubes.....
> >
> > How I loved those  books as a kid! the kid had unlimited run of the
> > facilities material and could do anything and go anywhere....   when
ever I
> > tried to get away with that my father's reply was..... but Ed... you are
not
> > Tom Swift!  (especially in regards to taking off on adventures around
the
> > Palos Verdes Peninsula without permission!)
>
> Actually, you may be confusing Tom Swift, Jr. with Rick Brant. Tom Jr. was
> pretty much the head of Swift Enterprises with his Flying Lab, Rocket
Ship, etc.
>
> Rick Brant's dad ran the Spindrift Foundation and Rick's adventures were a
whole
> lot more modest (and realistic). His dad and others were the senior
scientists.
>
> -John
>
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