Fw: Re: [Milsurplus] Re: RS-6 Radio use

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:18:06 GMT, windy10605 at juno.com
<windy10605 at juno.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm not resistant to that idea at all, and it's probably true, but the subject Manual 64-1 from Headquarters Eighth Air Force is "proof" to me that they were used in, or intended for use in, those SAC planes.

Kees - 

My understanding is that there was some type of a 'bail out sled'
carried in the belly of the B-47 where this outfit was located. As
others have said, if you eject with anything particularly heavy
attached, the 'chute deployment will likely be the event that causes
you to part company with said item. This was clearly demonstrated on
D-Day when the airborne troops used the leg bags. A lot of firsthand
accounts of lost bags due to opening shock.

I wonder if there was some type of survival pod for the B-52 or other
aircraft with equipment like this enclosed? It would seem to make
sense, at least until you bailed out at night, in a storm, and tried
to locate it. Perhaps the idea and planning worked much better on
paper and in manuals than in practice, which could account for crew
members having no recollection of the RS-6?

~ Todd,  KA1KAQ