[Milsurplus] High & Mighty / GI electronics (and Island in the Sky)

[Mike Morrow]

I caught "The High and the Mighty" on AMC last night.  It wasn't nearly as radio intensive as "Island in the Sky."

All I saw in the way of military gear was:

1. BC-375 with no connections to the right side antenna posts.
2. TU-?? for above on a shelf.
3. AN/APN-4 LORAN at Navigator position.
4. SCR-718 Radar Altimeter at Navigator position.
5. AN/ARN-7 ADF control box at pilot position.
6. C-45/ARC-1 VHF AM control box at pilot position.

It appears they dug up a bunch of old surplus gear and put it in scene no matter how obsolete the stuff was in 1954, the date the movie was made.  At least the I-152 altimeter display was shown actually in operation.

IMHO, this movie was not nearly as well done as "Island in the Sky" and deserves its obscurity.  

Mike / KK5F