[Milsurplus] Air King ?

[Andy Lokken]

A company called Air King from Brooklyn, NY manufactured both my TCS-14
receiver and transmitter.

Andy K0AJL

On Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 11:51 AM, Bruce Gentry <ka2ivy at verizon.net> wrote:

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> Air King was an in-house trademark of appliances, radios, and TVs sold by
> Firestone Tire stores.  Just like the Montgomery-Ward Truetone and Western
> Auto Airline brands, they were usually built by contract manufacturers who
> didn't sell anything under their own name. Sears Silvertone was also
> contract for some time until Sears bought Warwick Electronics  to become
> their in-house builder.
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>       Bruce Gentry, KA2IVY
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> On 9/2/17 6:23 AM, John Schmitz wrote:
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> There was a King Radio Company but I'm not sure if they were a WW2
> manufacturer. The owner of King Radio Company, Edward J. King, started out
> with a company called Communications Accessories Company (CAC) that
> produced coils that Art Collins needed. Collins bought CAC in 1955 and Ed
> King continued to run the company as a Collins subsidiary for many years.
> Art Collins fired Ed King, who was a pilot, for an incident that occurred
> while Ed king was flying a group of engineers to a meeting. Ed King hit
> rough weather and climbed above it to avoid it. However, the plane was not
> pressurized and there were not enough oxygen masks for all those aboard.
> The flight arrived safely but as soon as Art Collins heard about it he had
> Ed King fired. Ed King then started his own avionics company, King Radio
> Company and was in direct completion with Collins avionics. The company
> became a top competitor with Collins in the high performance business
> aircraft field. Ed King considered the firing from Collins a major turning
> point in his life and he started King Radio Company.
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> John Schmitz
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> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:milsurplus-bounces@
> mailman.qth.net <milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net>]*On Behalf Of *Hubert
> Miller
> *Sent:* Friday, September 01, 2017 8:08 PM
> *To:* Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> *Subject:* [Milsurplus] Air King ?
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> I was giving blood today and in this coastal town, it was a blazing low
> 70s day, so there were large room fans set up in the hall at the American
> Legion.
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> I happened to notice the brand-logo of the fans was "Air King".
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> That reminded me – wasn't that also the name of a WW2 radio manufacturer ?
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> ( Would also make a nice email name, I think. )
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> -Hue
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