[Milsurplus] Re: [ARC5] Usage of large command set racks?

[Christian R. Fandt]

Oh man! You sure know how to get a fellow really racking his brain to 
recall what he saw five or six years ago. We were down to the Dayton area 
to visit family back then and we paid requisite homage to the AF Museum. At 
that time they allowed you to drive your personal  vehicle over to the 
Annex and Presidential hangars using a museum base pass. (Three years ago, 
as a result of 9/11, we see it's back to the museum-bus-only transportation 
like it was up until sometime after the Cold War years.)

Anyway, yes, I recall seeing the receiver rack in President Truman's plane. 
I vaguely recall it being a 4-Rx setup because it really took my eye. 
*Somewhere* around this house I may have photos of that installation packed 
away. Wish I could lay my hands on them to see for sure if it is indeed 4x. 
If they do turn up and if the Rx setup is indeed a 4x rack, then I promise 
to scan and post them somewhere for those who are interested. I have the 
TMC ailment in this house. (TMC = Too Much Cr*p :-)

Regards, Chris F.

NNNN

Upon the date 19:45 21-07-05, Dean said something like:
>Mike -
>
>>Mike Morrow wrote:
>>
>>>Has anyone run across any pictures or other documentation of the service use
>>>of AN/ARC-5 or SCR-274-N racks for *more* than three receivers or more than
>>>two transmitters.  I know that some array of such racks existed, but I've
>>>never seen documentation of their actual service use.
>When I bought a 4 transmitter rack (FT-331-A, aluminum) a couple of years 
>ago, I asked the seller if he had ever seen one in an aircraft 
>installation.  He indicated that he believed that there is a display of 
>one in the USAF museum in one of the earliest presidential planes, which 
>would be either the VC-54-C "Sacred Cow" of President Roosevelt or the 
>VC-118 "Independence" of President Truman.  I do not know if this was his 
>first hand observation or someone told him about it.
>
>Anybody familiar with the USAF museum Presidential airplanes at 
>Wright-Pat?  Or could this be a standard installation on any multiengine 
>VIP tranport of the times?
>
>Regards -- Dean Billing  WA6IKJ

Christian Fandt,    Electronic/Electrical Historian
Jamestown, NY  USA      cfandt at netsync.net
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