[R-390] R-389 stuff, Part I

[Cecil Acuff]

Good stuff....

I was born on Ladd AFB....Fairbanks AK.

Hope to go back to that area for a visit in the next few years.....

Cecil...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Stillwell" <roswell at apk.net>
To: <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 9:58 PM
Subject: [R-390] R-389 stuff, Part I


> Hello Ed,
>  After reading your post about the DC-3 being way cool, I just had to
> write.
>
>  Way toooo many years ago ( 1959) when tubes
> were king I had the great time thanks to the old USAF.   We flew from
> Elmendorf AFB  (Alaska)
> to Nome and then to ST. Lawrence Island  in an
> old Curtiss C-46  ( oh yeah) that belonged to Alaska Airlines.  In the
> middle of winter !  Cold
> and slow and loud...    The only nav aid
> at Northeast Cape ( st. lawrence) was a LF homing
> beacon " OHC".    Let me tell you,   we broke out of the snow storm  and 
> did
> a " go around"
> the first try but did make it down on the 2nd try.
>
>  Eleven months later I made the return flight in
> a C-123,   cold and loud but just a bit faster.
>
>  Before we left we had to load  the cargo bay with all the "Pabst Blue
> Ribbon Beer" that nobody in
> the Airman's club wanted to drink.
>
> Plenty of R-389's, R-390s, and SP-600s for all.
> Spent many hours driving a '389.
>
> 73,s
> Fred,     AA8S
>
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