[Milsurplus] T-17 history ?

[jcoward5452 at aol.com]

In the Squadron- Signals publication on the P-36 "Peashooter" Army Air 
Corps Pursuit aircraft there is a picture that shows a T-17 microphone 
bungee corded across the front of the cocpit.I guess easy to get to 
that way.Pilot would probably have to shout into it as the wind,prop 
blast and engine noise must have been pretty loud.So when did the P-36 
get radios?

  I flew in a WACO biplane,similar to the Stearman PT-17, with a girl 
friend a long time ago for a sunset flight around Martha's Vineyard.I 
tried to communicate by voice directly into her ear various sights and 
she couldn't hear a word I said.We were both strapped into the forward 
cockpit with snoopy helmets on.But you could hear the singing in the 
wires and the drum of the fabric.
  BTW this flight is still available to those visiting Martha's 
Vineyard. A friend of my late step father named it "The Two-Wing-ed 
Bi-Plane".
 Jay


-----Original Message-----
From: Hue Miller <kargo_cult at msn.com>
To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Sun, Jun 14, 2009 2:54 pm
Subject: [Milsurplus] T-17 history ?



Received this email, which I'm not informed to
answer on:

"Hello Hue, Do you have information on when the
T-17 microphone was first introduced
into service? "

-Anyone?  Tnx - Hue

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