[R-390] EAC Contract info in Red Bank Paper

[barry williams]

That was a heck of a drive just to Lima. The pics of the radio strapped 
in the copilot seat as you were flying were great. We have a lot of  
RV-7s up here.


the other Barry

> Wow, Barry,
>
> You have a good memory.... That was ten years ago.  In 2002 I flew my Van's
> RV-6 homebuilt airplane up to Flint, Michigan to attend my 40th high school
> reunion, and on the return to Houston, I landed in Lima, Ohio and bought mt
> second Collins R-390A from Fair Radio Sales.  It cost $310.00 for a
> complete and working radio then.  I lashed that heavy radio to the
> copilots' seat and flew it back to Houston, Texas with me.  I remember on
> that flight tangling with an 8-engined B-52 heavy bomber at 14,500 feet
> over southwest Arkansas, and photographing him as he passed 500 feet below
> and to my left.  What a surprise!
>
> Thanks for the memory.
>
> Marshall Dues,  K5MMD
> Katy, Texas
>
>
>
>
>> Marhall,
>>
>> This may be reaching back too far for my memory, but aren't you the
>> member who flew a homebuilt up somewhere to pick up a R-390A and took
>> pictures of it strapped in the back on the way home? Those were great
>> pics and a great story too.
>>
>>
>> the other Barry
>>
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