[Milsurplus] PU-18/A ???

[jfor at quik.com]

> CAY is Westinghouse.  Bendix is CRR.
>
> My understanding is that Naval aircraft of the period when the ASB was
> in  service had an engine driven 800 CPS generator, not an inverter.
> Just as they  had 24 VDC generators.  Mike?

Seems likely. As I said, it was dark and I never expected that the thing
would get sold before I could look in more detail.

>
> On another subject, many people seem to think that sets like ASB-5, GP-7
> and  GO-9 are unique.  Meaning that for example GP-7 was the only one
> built.  This  is probably a consequence of them all being the final
> production models, and  many never getting issued.  The Navy, unlike the
> AAF, appears to have scrapped  most of its avionics with the airframes.
> Had they scrapped instead of  mothballed most of the fleet at the end of
> the war, the same thing would have  probably happened to shipboard sets.

Speaking of radio on ships, I did snag a very nice Preliminary Manual for
the YG-1 Homing Beacon System. There was some discussion on the list about
that a while ago. It's not the sort of thing likely to be in private
hands, but interesting none the less. It will appear on RoyalSignals in
due course.

-John