[Milsurplus] Last flight of the LBG

[D C Macdonald]

I can't swear it was Fair, but somewhere around
'54-'55 I bought an AN/APS-13 (I think it was)
from some outfit for $4.95.  It was described
as some sort of IFF, ("tail end charley"?) from
B-29.  I took it appart for parts.  Lots of sockets
6J6s, etc.

Mac, K2GKK/5



----Original Message Follows----
From: "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
To: Jim DiMauro <radio6146 at yahoo.com>
CC: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net, Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Last flight of the LBG
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 15:18:28 -0400

On Apr 4, 2005 3:02 PM, Jim DiMauro <radio6146 at yahoo.com> wrote:
 > The whole notion of which of the salvaged parts went
 > where sounds like an urban legend.  The radio went
 > here, an armrest went there, etc.  Like there were so
 > few BC-348s and armrests that the military had to
 > resort to salvaging such things from a 15 year old
 > wreck in the Libyan desert.  Geez, they could have
 > gone to Fair Radio for a BC-348, a whole lot closer to
 > Wright-Pat than Libya!  And the recycled parts were so
 > very special that someone recorded their ultimate
 > destinations for posterity.  Maybe so, but I think
 > not.

Was Fair Radio selling stuff in 1957-58? I wasn't around then, so I
can't say for sure. If they were, I bet they didn't have an outlet in
the Lybian desert.

It's not at all unreasonable when you consider that the plane probably
had low hours and wasn't destroyed in the crash. It appears to have
lost altitude as it lost power and landed nearly flat on its belly.

 > And the notion of bad luck of planes that used the
 > recycled parts is a common theme that's as old as
 > aviation itself (inspired by similar stories of
 > salvaged ships, no doubt).  Boy Scout campfire lore.

Like the campfire lore surrounding that parts used from the Porsche
James Dean was killed in? <insert scary music here>

I'd suspect that there would be some reports to prove these points
true, but if you have reports to prove them false, we could answer all
the questions here and now. I'd sure like to know more, it's a pretty
intriguing part of history.

de Todd/'Boomer'  KA1KAQ
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