[Milsurplus] WWII Warbird radio job

[Peter Gottlieb]

It is sometimes one of those "irreplacable (sic)" technical achievements which 
kill a pilot whose only crime was a love of the older technology.


On 9/17/2013 4:56 PM, J. Forster wrote:
> The world is crawling with such luddites that want NOS radio and RADAR
> gear to house MP3 players or something.
>
> Frankly, every time a warbird crashes, my sympathies are wholly with the
> irreplacable technical achievements lost forever, not the damn fool pilot.
> Pilots are a whole lot easier to replace.
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> -John
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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...
>>
>> 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 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,
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>> -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
>>> If interested  in talking more about the job please email me at
>>>   Chuck at VulturesRowAviation.com
>>> Thanks
>>> Chuck
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