[MRCA] Fwd: Control Tower

[mkdorney at aol.com]

Hello Everybody,
      Some of you folks were wondering about what to do with your older vintage military aircraft radio equipment that there seems to be no market for, and were looking for a museum to donate to.  Well, here's a candidate, and they're looking for the old stuff.  If you guys haven't met Gerry Yagen, he's one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet.  What he is setting up in Pungo, Virginia is fantastic.  The air shows he puts on are second only to the shows in Oshkosh.  Makes seeing his stuff in action an absolutely must do.
 
Mark
WW2RDO
 
From: epy1 at aol.com
To: mkdorney at aol.com
Sent: 6/26/2018 5:05:22 PM Eastern Standard Time
Subject: Re: Control Tower

 
Mark, Take a look at the attached and see if you might have access to anything that would work for our tower. Thanks, Jerry

 
 
Gerald Yagen, President
Aviation Institute of Maintenance 
4455 South Boulevard ~ Virginia Beach, Virginia 23452 - USA
Phone: (757) 490-3157    Fax: (757) 497-8083
We train more FAA licensed engineers than anyone else in the world! 
www.AIMschool.comwww.CENTURAcampus.com  
www.MilitaryAviationMuseum.orgwww.Facebook.com/FighterFactory

 
 
In a message dated 6/26/2018 12:40:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
mkdorney at aol.com writes:
 
Hello Mr Yagen,

        It's been a couple of years since I've been able t get down to Virginia Beach.  I remember your newest project than was importing and rebuilding an Army Airforce Airfield control tower. So how's it coming along?  Is this tower going to be functional, or just for show?  It sure would be neat if it was a functional tower.
 
       My interest s in vintage military radios - my favorite right now being the BC-654, one of which I operate out of my 1942 Dodge WC-52 Weapons Carrier.  Among the "Old Timers" in our local Ham Radio Club, the ARC-5 radios ( US Army Air Forces ) are popular. Some of our folks have commented that when they've toured historic aircraft at shows, more often than not, the fuselage is a hollow tube - with very little original radio gear. they don't seem to realize that the FAA probably requires the use of more modern gear, but still, even if the stuff doesn't work, it would be nice to see an original radioman's station onboard some aircraft.
 
       Being a Ham radio operator myself, I'm delighted with the resurgence of interest in some operators learning Morse Code, since there is no longer any Morse Code requirement to get a Ham Radio Operators Licence.  Do you use any original radio gear in either the aircraft or in vehicles or in ground installations at the museum? 

 
Mark Dorney
callsign - WW2RDO

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