Warbird Information Exchange

Here's something you guys might enjoy -

Earlier this year, Flight Journal ran an article of mine, "Snake in the Cockpit," the true story of one of my Dad's adventures flying C-47s in Burma. This photo, of Dad in Burma circa 1945, accompanied the article:



A few months after the article came out, my sister asked Dad to "re-create" the photo. Believe it or not, he's wearing the very same hat:




Only now, instead of leaning heroically out of the cockpit of his C-47 in war-torn Burma, he's "leaning heroically" out of his recliner in suburban Pittsburgh ...

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The main winding was of the normal lotus-o deltoid type placed in panendermic semi-bolloid slots of the stator. Every seventh conductor being connected by a non-reversible tremmy pipe to the differential girdle spring on the up-end of the grammeters. Moreover, whenever fluorescent square motion is required, it may also be employed in conjunction with the drawn reciprocation dingle arm, to reduce sinusoidal depleneration.

Nice picture. You should send it in to Flight Journal as a follow up.

I bet that chair is a much better place to be than the C-47 over the hump

Gotta find him a B-25 and do it right, if he can still get up in one without too much trouble...anyone around Pittsburgh who can help out? Are you allowed to post a copy of the article for us here? Inquiring minds want to know.

What type antennae is that under his arm? I don't recall seeing one like that on a C-47?

That is awesome. I would love to interview him for Timeless Voices if he would be willing to. I live here in the Pittsburgh Area as well.

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Director

I did. Budd and Roger (publisher and editor) really enjoyed it.




If you can't find a back issue, feel free to send me a PM with your e-mail address, and I'll shoot you a PDF of the article. No online version available, sorry.

Regarding the antenna - according to one historian I heard from, it's called a "rebecca antenna."



I'll ask him. I'm pretty sure he'd be glad to oblige.

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The main winding was of the normal lotus-o deltoid type placed in panendermic semi-bolloid slots of the stator. Every seventh conductor being connected by a non-reversible tremmy pipe to the differential girdle spring on the up-end of the grammeters. Moreover, whenever fluorescent square motion is required, it may also be employed in conjunction with the drawn reciprocation dingle arm, to reduce sinusoidal depleneration.