[Milsurplus] More Moron-ities. This Will Turn Your Stomach

[Thekan, Paul]

John

 I had a similar experience with the Collings foundation when they where out here in the early 90's with their B-17 at the Halfmoon Bay airport. They had at the time a ratty BC 375 , may still have for all I know, and I spoke to the pilot and some crew members about me donating a complete NIB BC 375 system AND all the S/N's matched........I could not believe it...they said they do not use those radios for their communications ( well duh!) and people come to see the plane not the radios and were not interested at all and in fact they seemed pretty perturbed by me even making them the offer.  

 The Collings group has been back here in the SF Bay Area many times since and I admire and appreciate their efforts in keeping those planes on tour but it still pains me to remember what they said to me and how they said it.

Paul
N6FEG

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From: milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of John Flood
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 1:44 PM
To: David Stinson; milsurplus at mailman.qth.net; ARC-5 List
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] More Moron-ities. This Will Turn Your Stomach

Dave,
 
Reminds me of many years ago when I went out to the Collings foundation in Stow, MA when they were restoring a B-24.  I offered to get the vintage com gear in the radiomans postion up and running. I was even willing to give them a BC-348 and the BC-453, 454, and 455 if needed.  They had no interest, stating the weight was to much to justify extra fuel cost and it might allow them to fit in an extra paying passenger.  Is a running BC-375 needed????  probably not but what a thrill it would have been to strap on a pair of bakelite earcrushers and listen to the BC-348 over the drone of the P&W radials while in the radiomans position!  They asked me to clean some metal parts for repainting if I recall.  As much as I wanted to stay, and be involved, they had just popped my ballon! I just said no thanks and went home.
 
John Flood
KB1FQG 


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>Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 4:04 PM
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>Two clean Brit liasion sets destroyed for some half-a**ed
>make-believe "radio room" in what is now a half-a**ed,
>make-believe WWII aircraft.
>Read the description.
>I thought these clowns had learned their lessons about stripping-
>out the WWII gear to "save weight" (in an aircraft meant to haul
>thousands!)  a couple of decades ago when the event 
>judges stopped awarding "make believe" restorations like this.
>Makes me sick.
>D.S.
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