[Milsurplus] Aircraft Trailing Wire Antennas

[Bruce Gentry]

Bruce Gentry wrote:
> Does anyone know of a still photo or movie showing a B-17 or 24 flying 
> along with the trailing wire antenna extended?  What were the 
> precautions and implications of them while flying in tight fromation? 
> Bruce Gentry
>
> C.Whitaker wrote:
>> de WB2CPN
>> I've seen two kinds of trailing wire antennas on large
>> military aircraft, but all my actual exposure was the
>> one on the C-47 we had.
>> One kind had a short tube sticking out of the belly of
>> the airframe at an angle.  The weight at the end of the
>> wire was pulled up taunt to the end of the tube.
>> The other kind pulled the weight up flush with the skin
>> of the aircraft.
>> My Question:  About how much did, or does, these
>> weights weigh?  They were tear drop shaped, and
>> about eight inches long, (I think).
>> 73  Clete
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