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

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On Oct 19, 2011, at 2:26 PM, Thekan, Paul wrote:

> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
>
>
>> ________________________________
>> From: David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
>> To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net; ARC-5 List <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 4:04 PM
>> Subject: [Milsurplus] More Moron-ities. This Will Turn Your Stomach
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>> 180740366169
>> 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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