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

Jack Antonio scr287 at sbcglobal.net
Fri Jul 29 13:51:54 EDT 2005


Mike and the group,

The "High and the Mighty" was about a civilian airliner, not
military. But my question is, how much military surplus avionics
were used by the airlines in the late 40s and 50s?

I have certainly heard of ART-13s and BC-348s in airline service,
and remember seeing an airline mod of ARC-1 for extra channels, but
how about ADF's, Loran, radio(radar) altimeters etc?

Jack

Jack Antonio WA7DIA
scr287 at sbcglobal.net



Mike Morrow wrote:
> 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
> 
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