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"c.foster" wrote in message


http://www.univ-wea.com/

It's called Houston Universal Radio. They have a website.



http://www.airnavsystems.com/ANSD/

beeeeeeeeeeep-booooooooooooop...They do checks to make sure it
actually goes off using the intended sel-cal.

Thank you for the post, you answered my questions. Unfortunately I had
searched in vain for cell call, and never found the relation to aircraft.
With the correct spelling of Selcal, I am now enlightened.

I had spoken to a coworker that has aircraft airframe and avionics repair
experience about the HF radio application, all he was aware of was the
VHF application of the radios.

He has stories of coffee spilled into the consoles ruining radios, which
reminded me of a movie that I saw addressing a similar situation.

"Fate is the Hunter", from 1964, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058091/
starring Glenn Ford and Suzanne Pleshette.

A plane wrecks with the Stewardess as the only survivor. The plane lost
an engine, and was attempting to return to the airport when they got a
warning light indicating that their other engine also failed. They
attempted to crash land on a beach, but weren't successful. (1 survivor?)
Glenn Ford wanted to recreate the accident to vindicate his buddy who was
piloting the plane. The recreation involved the stewardess doing exactly
as was done on the flight. This included the coffee being placed on the
console. When Glenn Ford ordered one engine shut off the plane lurched,
and the coffee spilled again. Glenn was forlorn since the loss of the
engine offered no explanation as to the crash of the plane. As they were
returning to the airport, the annunciator indicated the loss of the
remaining engine. As the copilot reached to shut off their remaining
engine, Glenn realized that the annunciator was false and kept the engine
on.

This begs the question as to why pilots would keep their coffee on the
console? My coworker said that pilots will put their coffee on anything
level even though there are places to put the cup. He said that he has
pulled radios out that were literally dripping with coffee. Bear in mind
that many of the planes that he worked on were commuter flights, so I'm
not sure as to the model or size of the planes concerned.

Regards.


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