@mad dog and I rode out to Sporty's at I69 and we saw these - I may have to get one! I notice they are all from the same BUNO. AMARC still hasn't sent one of my det birds to the scrab dude....
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Random Griz Aviation Musings
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Along those lines, I just flew with a former NWA dude…he had one of the DC-9 jobs hanging off his rollaboard…and it was from one of the DC-9s that he had flown.
It's a common question. It's actually a loud hailer. It was heavy, took up cabin volume with it's array of amplifiers - and I never saw one once operate. I'm not sure where the requirement came from. Every HH-46 A/D had it. The ultimate SAR PHROG was the Marines HH-46E which was a fine all wx SAR platform and had none of this nonsense.
The auto hover Doppler was rudimentary but very effective however.
Back in my Corps days they were used for Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations (NEO) work like an embassy evacuation. I’ve seen (and heard) them on training operations. Typically they broadcast messages to crowds waiting to be evacuated. I always thought they were readily removable.
This post likely would be more interesting elsewhere - but I don't know where exactly - so i'll post in the Griz catch-all. I was digging through some very old books from college days and stumbled on this copy of The Naval Aviation Guide I had been given as a 13 or 14 year old - this is the thing that put the hook in me Naval Aviation wise. The inside cover says 1969! I rememebr reading every word in this book consuming the text and pictures for hours on end (when I wasn't in the computer lab but thats another story)
What's most interesting is the pilot pipeline description at the time - interesting to see where we've come from: Primary was 26 hours in the T-34B, the T-28 was reserved for Basic Prop and CQ for Multi Engine Prop and Helo folks, Jet dudes went T-2A's then Gun and CQ in T-2B and then a course in the TF-9J. Prop was TS-2A's and Helos was TH-13 and UH-34's.... @mad dog if you were older you would have a real CQ !!
What's most interesting is the pilot pipeline description at the time - interesting to see where we've come from: Primary was 26 hours in the T-34B, the T-28 was reserved for Basic Prop and CQ for Multi Engine Prop and Helo folks, Jet dudes went T-2A's then Gun and CQ in T-2B and then a course in the TF-9J. Prop was TS-2A's and Helos was TH-13 and UH-34's.... @mad dog if you were older you would have a real CQ !!
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During my adoption search, I located and researched my birth father's time as a Marine Aviation Cadet in 1961/1962. He started in the T-34B, then the T-28 including CQ, then to the T-2A, another CQ, ...the entire time he bounced between Saufley, mainside etc...but never left Pensacola. He started knife and fork school in June 1961, and winged and Commissioned Dec 1962. The off to the A-4 FRS at Cherry Point. Some interesting things I learned about the MARCADs, if you got rolled, you didn't go home, you got sent to basic enlisted infantry School at Camp Geiger, you were not allowed to be married, if you were and they found out , hello Camp Geiger, and most MARCADs of the time were earmarked for helos, interesting he was able to get into the A-4 RAG, (dating , and eventually marrying the daughter of a USMC 0-6 Cherry Point squadron CO might have helped). it was a different time.
What type of Shaft horsepower were these rated for?
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