[Milsurplus] WWII Warbird radio job

jmfranke jmfranke at cox.net
Tue Sep 17 16:36:00 EDT 2013


A Hanger Queen is an aircraft that never flies, just sits in the hanger.

John  WA4WDL

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From: <COURYHOUSE at aol.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 4:31 PM
To: <t28pilot at earthlink.net>
Cc: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] WWII Warbird radio job

> WHAT IS A HANGER QUEEN?
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> In a message dated 9/17/2013 1:29:26 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
> t28pilot at earthlink.net writes:
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> Sorry you feel that way guys. We do NOT restore hangar queens. Maybe this
> is not the correct place to post but I was told to look here for  help.
>
> Chuck Wahl
> _www.VulturesRowAviation.com_ (http://www.vulturesrowaviation.com/)
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> On Sep 17, 2013, at 1:25 PM, _COURYHOUSE at aol.com_
> (mailto:COURYHOUSE at aol.com)  wrote:
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> John I had  someone  want  part of a radar  so they  could show it but 
> they
> were going to hollow it  out  to  store  brochures and books to sell  when
> they  travel around  and  visit airports...
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> my radars are afraid!!!!  VERY AFRAID!!!!
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> Ed#
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> In a message dated 9/17/2013 1:19:43 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
> _jfor at quikus.com_ (mailto:jfor at quikus.com)  writes:
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> Complete ASB RADARS are very, very scarce.
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> About the  last thing I'd want to see is one put in a plane that could 
> well
> suffer  the same fate as other 'flying'  exhibits.
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> YMMV,
>
> -John
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>>  Hi everyone first time post here and I'm not a radio expert so...
>>  I'm looking for someone who is interested in taking on a paying job  to
>> acquire, restore as needed(NOS preferred) and make operational  on the
>> bench WWII aircraft radio sets for 2 aircraft I have under  restoration.
>> This could be either a job here at our shop in  Cameron Park CA or at 
>> your
>> facility. You would not be responsible  to wire the radios in the 
>> aircraft
>> however that would be a  possibility.
>> The 2 Aircraft are a 1943 Douglas SBD-4 Dauntless and  a 1943 Curtiss
>> SB2C-1A Helldiver. My shop does award winning  flying restorations and I
>> would like to have authentic radios that  will work for the judges. I do
>> have a list of all the radio  equipment called out for each aircraft but
> to
>> give you a basic  idea we are looking at...
>> Helldiver--ARC-4 RT-19, R-4/ARR-2,  CRV46151 ARB receiver, CBY-46105 ARA
>> receiver, ASB tx and  rec(doesn't need to be operational but would be 
>> very
>> cool!) and  APX-2 RT-24 receiver.
>> Dauntless--GP-7 tx CAY-52173, RU-19 rec  CW-46048D, ZB-3 Homing Radio,
>> ABK-1 recognition radio and ASB tx  and rec(doesn't need to be 
>> operational
>> but would be very  cool!).
>> Again the above is a partial list. Obviously there's a lot  more items
> like
>> controls, racks dynomotors etc  etc.
>>
>> If interested in knowing more about the planes and  what we do see my
>> website _www.VulturesRowAviation.com_
> (http://www.vulturesrowaviation.com/)
>>  If interested in talking more about the job please email me at
>> _Chuck at VulturesRowAviation.com_ (mailto:Chuck at VulturesRowAviation.com)
>>  Thanks
>> Chuck
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