[Milsurplus] Video: First USA Jet Flight - October 1942

[jcoward5452 at aol.com]

Good questions. But who got the fake propeller? and that was a great bit of Tube! Thanks Larry!
 Jay KE6PPF
 PS I still have my first (and only) jet. A Dynajet pulse jet engine mounted to an airframe I built out of the remains of the F-100 model it was originaly intended to power. An on-board fire destroyed the model and I was only able to salvage the wing frames. With those and the original plans I was able to build a pretty cool airplane model that I believe will fly (if you believe "control line" flying is really flying; ie. "rock on a string"). However, I do not intend to ever fly it. Whenever I ran the engine on the test stand the Police and Fire Dept's showed up. The pulse frequency was just near enough to the civil defense/fire alarm sirens that they were not pleased with my little hobby. Little did they know my younger Brother David had plans of his own for a future date. (He's got an outfitted Gun Truck, Maybe some of you have seen "Satin's Little Angel" at the Mil Vehicle shows back East?).
 J





-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Antonio <scr287 at att.net>
To: LARRY D GODEK <telegrapher at q.com>
Cc: milsurplus <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Mon, Dec 6, 2010 12:25 pm
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Video: First USA Jet Flight - October 1942


Two questions came to mind watching this video:
1. What was the radio complement aboard the P-59? Was it also an
CR-274N.?  It would be kind of neat if it were an SCR-183 or similar
adio.
2.  Whatever happened to the voice recordings made? Is there an archive
or that type of material somewhere?

ack Antonio WA7DIA/4


n 12/5/2010 10:39 PM, LARRY D GODEK wrote:

   About 5:17 into the video you'll see a ground controller type communicating 
ith the P-59 via a triple command set transmitter arrangement mounted in a box 
ut along the flightline or desert someplace.  Can't see what the receiver(s) 
s/are because the inside of the box is shaded.  Any guesses?  Pretty neat huh?

 Larry
 W0OGH



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