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| ElbertC, Image # 32576 | 20 Nov 14 07:15 |
Bell H-13 H. Finished, No decls they were too dry and fell apart. |
| ElbertC, Comment for image # 31562 | 08 May 14 21:01 |
| Great info. I like tracking down old missile sites. |
| frwyflyer, Comment for image # 31562 | 08 May 14 19:46 |
| Nike George is actually LA 78 Malibu Beach, CA. George was the Battery commander that took these pictures. I left in Dec 62 after the up grade installation was completed ETS was up!! The radar area was at 3000 feet above sea level and we could "see" quite a way out to sea where the Russian "trawlers" were eaves dropping. The missiles were Nike Hercules with a range of just over 100 miles. I operated that small radar in the lower right on the 40' tower. Missile tracking. Guess who had to drag those cables across the cable track to the antenna:) |
| ElbertC, Comment for image # 31562 | 08 May 14 19:28 |
| Very interesting. I didn't know all that. I looked at the Nike stuff also. That to is very interesting. When I was out at Holloman we watched rocket sled shots using old Nike motors. |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 31562 | 08 May 14 19:19 |
| http://www.combatskyspot.com/historyvietnam.htm Explains it fairly well |
| ElbertC, Comment for image # 31562 | 08 May 14 19:14 |
| frwyflyer, was that Nike Hercules George site a missile site? I remember building a model of a Nike when I was kid. |
| ElbertC, Comment for image # 31562 | 08 May 14 19:11 |
| DD, Knew what most of that stuff did but never understood Auto Track. Did you track bombs? The scale is about 1/35, If I can find some maintenance people around then I will put them to work. It looks like the installation is not complete. |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 31562 | 08 May 14 18:49 |
| When I re-entered the Air Force after a 5 month break from my first enlistment, I had to go into electronics, or back to a band(!!!) and they gave me the choice of schools. AC&W, GCA, Auto Track, or computers. I chose Auto Track. Worked out alright. |
| frwyflyer, Comment for image # 31562 | 08 May 14 18:38 |
| The search radar that I am familiar with had a range of appropriately 200 miles "HIPAR". See Nike Hercules george my old site |
| BillParker, Comment for image # 31562 | 08 May 14 09:54 |
| That's really KEWL! What scale is it, if you had to put a number on it?
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| ElbertC, Comment for image # 31562 | 07 May 14 19:49 |
| Scratch built from the ground up! Thanks for the comment. I didn't know if anyone knew what a GCA unit was. It stands for Ground Controlled Approach. The search radar had a 60 mile range and the Precision approach had a 10 mile range. |
| frwyflyer, Comment for image # 31562 | 07 May 14 09:33 |
| VERY NICE!! Scratch built? Those antennas look great. |
| ElbertC, Image # 31562 | 07 May 14 07:03 |
Just finished My GCA Unit. I worked on this equipment when I was in the Air Force |
| ElbertC, Comment for image # 30170 | 26 Nov 13 16:34 |
| Thank you Poppy, next stop Mosquito |
| poppy, Comment for image # 30170 | 26 Nov 13 07:53 |
| Well done!! A nice partner to your B-17. |
| ElbertC, Comment for image # 30170 | 25 Nov 13 15:49 |
| Thanks a lot guys. For now this one will be hanging in mom's room. She likes it too. |
| Dale1416, Comment for image # 30170 | 23 Nov 13 16:58 |
| Well done! One of my favorite plastic models. I have the Monogram 1/48 scale version of the Liberator with the "Jolly Roger Squadron" insignia. |
| julinick, Comment for image # 30170 | 23 Nov 13 16:08 |
| Sweet!!! |
| ElbertC, Image # 30171 | 23 Nov 13 10:25 |
I see some stuff I missed. Oh well better next tiem. |
| ElbertC, Image # 30170 | 23 Nov 13 10:24 |
I think I'm done |
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