[Milsurplus] (Mercury and Gemini)

Mike Morrow kk5f at earthlink.net
Mon Sep 11 21:03:33 EDT 2006


>> "The Right Stuff. In it you can see what looks to be an AN/GRC-19?
>> in the scene about Yager's cracking the speed of sound in the X-1 test
>> plane. ....
>
>Can't resist putting in a "plug:"  The X-1 was outfitted
>with VHF AN/ARC-5  R-28 / T-23 :).

In real life, or just in the movie??

One thinks of the X-1 as more or less a USAF-related contraption, but if the USN's VHF AN/ARC-5 was used in it, one would have thought they'd have rather used the USN's AN/ARC-1 instead.  There's not much difference in total system weight and volume for the all-in-one-box AN/ARC-1 compared to that occupied by the T-23 and rack, the R-28, DY-2A and rack, and the MD-7 and DY-8 and mount.

(Personally, I'd have preferred the AN/ARC-3, though that would definitely be somewhat larger and heavier.)

Mike / KK5F


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