[Milsurplus] Updated Aircraft Receiver??

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

Methinks I need to pay a visit to the seller to inspect the receiver.

Mac - K2GKK/5
Oklahoma City



----Original Message Follows----
From: <scottjohnson1 at cox.net>
To: arc5 at ix.netcom.com, gl4d21a at juno.com,D C *Mac* Macdonald 
<k2gkk at hotmail.com>
CC: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Updated Aircraft Receiver??
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 15:20:19 -0700

Before the tan color, they used a greyish olive wrinkle.
This was used until the early sixties.  I have an RV-11
that has a FAA contract that is still this green color,
the color change does roughly coincide with the CAA
to FAA change.

Scott



---- D C *Mac* Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com> wrote:
 > I sort of doubt that it was FAA.  FAA stuff had
 > a rather peculiar pinkish tan color.  I don't know
 > why that color was chosen.  Our radio shop here
 > at the depot overhaul shop stopped service on
 > the last of the radio equipment painted that
 > way late in 2005.
 >
 > Mac - K2GKK/5
 >
 >
 >
 > ----Original Message Follows----
 > From: "gl4d21a at juno.com" <gl4d21a at juno.com>
 > To: arc5 at ix.netcom.com
 > CC: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
 > Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Updated Aircraft Receiver??
 > Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 20:22:00 GMT
 >
 > I looked at his other offerings.  Looks like he found an old control
 > tower which was abandoned about 1950.  Mac, or anyone know how to
 > read CAA contract dates?  Or maybe FAA Ok City is cleaning out the
 > really deep basement?
 >
 > 73,
 > George
 > W5VPQ