[Milsurplus] 24 Volt BC-312's & KC-97L

[Francesco Ledda]

This was a non-flying aircraft that had been given to an Air Force Auxiliary
organization.  I knew that this airplane hadn't flown for many years, but it
still had some high performance equipment installed.



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Francesco wrote:

>I remember getting inside a KC-97 ... It was 1985, an I was
>surprised seeing the ship equipped with an APX-72 and a 618T.

That seems very reasonable, except that I'm surprised any KC-97s were still
around in 1985.

The APX-72 was one of the most common IFF sets in the US military from the
mid-1960s to the 1980s.  We even used the APX-72 as the IFF set on the
ballistic missile submarine I served on.

The 618T was likely an AN/ARC-94 (618T-2) or -102 (618T-3).  I believe that
this set was manufactured for about 25 years.  It can likely lay claim to
being the most popular and long-lived aircraft HF set ever made.  A
beautiful unit!

73,
Mike / KK5F
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