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Post by LBer1568 on May 10, 2015 5:32:33 GMT 9
Thanks for catching my error on HCM. Old age is taking it's toll on me. I last worked MA-1 in Dec 1970 at Tyndall. I cross trained into Flight Sim in Jan 1971 at Chanute.
Lorin
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Post by LBer1568 on May 10, 2015 5:38:48 GMT 9
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Post by dude on May 10, 2015 12:30:39 GMT 9
That is a very familiar sequence!! I could not find it in my old "BRAIN BOOK" or in my Dash-1 but I believe it was to put the computer into Lead Collision mode for testing and alignments. Give me a hint!! The brain synapses are not quit working as well as they used too! MArv    Whoa hang on to them brain cells buddy. Get to be our age they're like winning lottery tickets. You got it on the first try and can find it in the 27-2 for MA-1 alignments. 15 on the address line and 504 on the data inputs put the system into Lead Collision mode for the steering and tracking loop alignments.  |
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Post by ma1marv on May 10, 2015 13:44:46 GMT 9
GEEEEEEEEZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!! I guess I remember more than I forgot!!!! Just to pick your brain - What was the designation number applied to the "6th Computer unit" - hint - It was in a "B" model only!!!!! MArv  |
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Post by LBer1568 on May 10, 2015 23:39:57 GMT 9
Was that a later mod to MA-1? I don't remember using it. I probably did 4-5 steering/tracking loop alignments a day with my grounding leads and 096 unit during "Quick Fix" duty. I left MA-1 in Dec 1970.
Lorin
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Post by dude on May 11, 2015 0:23:05 GMT 9
GEEEEEEEEZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!! I guess I remember more than I forgot!!!! Just to pick your brain - What was the designation number applied to the "6th Computer unit" - hint - It was in a "B" model only!!!!! MArv OK I deserve this. Guess before I can figure out #6, I've got to first figure out #5. Let's see...
Arithmetic Control/RAM = 846 Digital I/O = 140 Drum = 857 Power Supply = 526
Well that's 4. So I'm guessing from here on.
I'm thinking #5 is the Computer Mode Indicator in the cockpit. For some reason 034 sticks in my mind.
If so, then #6 would be same indicator in the rear cockpit and best guess on # might be 134?
Lorin, Can't speak to anything before 1973, but it was part of the S/T loops then.
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Post by ma1marv on May 11, 2015 0:46:55 GMT 9
Well DUDE you did get the front cockpit unit - the 034!! Good for you! The back seat unit was the "534" unit" going along with the "564, 664, 764, 864' designator for those damn backseat transfer units and such!!!! In all my years I NEVER replaced an 034 unit!!! They just never failed! LBER - the sequence was used on the newer computer unit for the alignments - steering and tracking loops. Yes - the old S/T loops had us put ground cables in the 041 and 141 units - we still had to do that after the new computer. Seems that the OLD computer had a similar routine we had to call up to keep the computer in the L/C mode as well. Had to do with using the 296 unit. That was very similar to the newer 140 inputs and the 846 unit switch settings. GOOD for both of you!!!! See ya both in October! MArv  |
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Post by ma1marv on May 11, 2015 0:54:02 GMT 9
Well We both goofed! After consulting my "Brain Book" and looking at the computer system units - we BOTH forgot two more important units in the computer subsystem! The 273 unit - The Computer rack !! Can't put them in the aircraft and just stack them in the computer bay without a rack to make the connections!! The last one is a real dooozy! It is the 955 unit - for the pilot the "HOMING POINT SELECTOR"  SO - maAAAybe we need to take a A- or B+ for our grade today! MArv |
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Post by dude on May 11, 2015 1:45:46 GMT 9
Wow! I'll take that grade. Now that you mention the B-model number series, I remember. Roger that on the 955. I actually thought about it briefly, but thought it was married to Comm/Nav. If memory serves I thinking for the S/T loops I did we no longer needed grounding cables. However, there was 2-3 toggle switches on the 041/141 that had to be held up during the alignments. (Thus, the reason why you always saw MA-1 troops running around with alligator clips on their pockets.) Could it be a mod replaced the need to use the ground leads with toggles? They both seem like they were used to get "null" settings.
You keep talking about October. What is that?
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Post by Jim on May 11, 2015 3:12:48 GMT 9
quote author=" dude" source="/post/49706/thread" timestamp="1431276346"]Wow! I'll take that grade. Now that you mention the B-model number series, I remember. Roger that on the 955. I actually thought about it briefly, but thought it was married to Comm/Nav. If memory serves I thinking for the S/T loops I did we no longer needed grounding cables. However, there was 2-3 toggle switches on the 041/141 that had to be held up during the alignments. (Thus, the reason why you always saw MA-1 troops running around with alligator clips on their pockets.) Could it be a mod replaced the need to use the ground leads with toggles? They both seem like they were used to get "null" settings. You keep talking about October. What is that?[/quote]  IS WHAT.... And a MA-1 Weenie invited you and a tire kicker showed you how to get the info....... forum.f-106deltadart.com/board/28/106-all-alumni-reunions |
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Post by dude on May 11, 2015 8:39:03 GMT 9
Yep. Guess that ole tech school training is still paying dividends.
Regrettably I'll be out of country in Oct. Wife, son and granddaughter all have birthdays in Oct. and we'll be celebrating in England.
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Post by Jim on May 11, 2015 9:37:25 GMT 9
Yep. Guess that ole tech school training is still paying dividends. Regrettably I'll be out of country in Oct. Wife, son and granddaughter all have birthdays in Oct. and we'll be celebrating in England.  |
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Post by ma1marv on May 11, 2015 11:38:16 GMT 9
Well have a good trip and enjoy the kiddos! Like Jim said -"We will miss you" we will meet another time. Oh - do you live anywhere near Gettysberg??? or HERSHEY? The wife wants to make a trip there - soon! MArv |
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Post by dude on May 11, 2015 23:22:18 GMT 9
Thanks. Sounds like you have a pretty good agenda lined up.
I'm about 45 minutes from Hershey and can be standing on the battlefield at Gettysburg in about 35 min. If you don't mind some unsolicited advise I'll tell you that Hershey is all about one of two things: either you're coming for an event at the arena (last time there we took the grandkids to Disney on Ice); or you're coming for Hershey Park, which I would classify as pretty much like any non-Disney park (Six Flags, Kings Dominion, etc.). I guess if you're dying to buy one of those 5lb Hershey Kisses, then that's also the place for you.
Not far from Hershey (outside Lancaster) is a place called Longwood Gardens. It is on the old DuPont estate and if you are into horticulture, this is a nice place to visit.
Concerning Gettysburg, it really depends on what your wife is wanting to experience. Their new Visitor's Center opened a couple years ago and it is very nice and high tech. If she wants the touristy thing, then any of the summer months will do. Just be ready to realize that it can be a zoo at that time. So come, get on a bus (or drive), ride the battlefield, maybe detour over to the Eisenhower Farm, go to any of a number of souvenir shops, get your little hat (union or confederate, doesn't matter), take your picture in front of a monument, go home, say you've been there, and swear you saw a ghost that looked just like Lincoln.
If you're more into the history and trying to "experience" what really happened, I will tell you that my personal favorite time to visit is between Christmas and New Years (weather permitting). When you are alone on a battlefield, the silence can be deafening. You need only stand on the Emmetsburg road to gain a strong sense of what it must have been like to be at the half-way point during Pickett's charge...or pick any number of other of the key spots of the three day battle. At Culp's Hill you can climb a 100ft observation tower and look down the union line on Cemetery Ridge to the Round Tops without the hindrance of the leaves on the trees, then out across the town down Cash Town road towards Chambersburg where Lee's army came up to raise the question in your mind, "What was Lee thinking?"
Anyway, I'm sure the dead of winter is not on your radar scope. So I will tell you what I tell most folks when they ask...Gettysburg looks its best when the fall colors are in. This is usually the 2nd or 3rd week of October.
Final thought and I apologize for the length but I wanted to put in a plug for Bullhunter's book. Sometime ago I got a copy and as I went through it I realized first that he put a lot of work into it and second, it was not a bad idea as we all get long in the tooth to start thinking about some kind of legacy. Did I want to be remembered and who did I want to tell my story? The answer is Yes and Me. I decided to try and kill two birds with one stone. So rather than building something of only me, I got into the whole genealogy thing. I found that while the women of my family had all diligently tracked their maiden lines, the men had been woefully negligent in tracking the surname. My original intent was just to trace the line back as far as I could. My grandfather had been orphaned at age 6 and there was nothing known before that. Well as luck has it, I'm now back to the 13th century and still going. Along the way I realized that each member of the line had his own unique story that was begging to be told. For example, I didn't know that I had an ancestor that bought two plots of land in then western Virginia under what was known as a Fairfax Grant. What's interesting is the process for buying the land involved going out to the site with the surveyor. You and he would essentially mark the boundaries you wanted and then the surveyor would pull out his chain and make the measurements. Then back to the grant office to close the deal. In this case my ancestor walked his future property with a young 17/18 year old surveyor named George Washington. My ancestor would have been in his late 40s so I can only try to imagine their conversation.
Anyway, all this to say that part of my trip to England will include trying to chase down some of those pesky ancestors that preceded the one that came to the colonies during what was called the Puritan Migration. So if anyone has made similar attempts in England, I would appreciate any lessons learned. (Please no Ancestry.uk)
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on May 12, 2015 1:38:42 GMT 9
Good comments, Dude.
The only time I visited Getttysburg was in mid October 1966, just before I got orders to go to Thailand from Minot.
The entire Battlefield was like a graveyard when we were there, De and I were almost by ourselves as we drove and walked around the Battlefield.
Amazing place to just stop at places and look around, and listen to the sounds of the Battle and the cries of the wounded and dying.
Well, in my mind I could imagine the sounds on that quiet October day.
The visitor's center was still the old one, with the Diorama of the Battles/
No electronic media back then.
You are right about writing your life story for whomever to read.
I began working on mine a number of years ago, and whenever I would finish a section, it would send it to our five children for them to print, put on disc or whatever.
A couple of years ago I finished writing my Air Force career, and have been working on my life at college and Bible School, and when they are done, I will chronicle my life as a Village Missionary.
My older grandchildren have read portions.
The one they all like best is the section on growing up in San Francisco during WW2.
Much of my ancestry is sketchy, although I was able to fill in some on my mother's side, when we went to Sweden a few years ago, and visited the church my grandmother went to, as well as the farm she grew up on.
Not many records available.
Oliver Cromwell did away with many of the church records in Ireland, including those in County Sligo, where my grandfather was from.
My father tried on a couple trips to Sligo to find any records, but there was nothing to be found.
It is wise for all of us to at the very least put together a record of our growing up years and our Military years for our children and grandchildren.
I have a copy of Bullhunter's book, but haven't finished it yet.
Good stories and pictures of his life.
Jim Too
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Post by ma1marv on May 12, 2015 4:41:56 GMT 9
Well thanks for the info!!!! I have managed to make about 4 trips to Gettysburg and 2 to Hershey! My new wife has not so that's on our list of places to visit together. On one of my trips to Gettysburg I managed to be alone on the trip and I thoroughly enjoyed the time I spent at many of the stops. It is very hard to imagine the hell and confusion and understand the WHY of some of those sites! Picketts charge up that hill into the face of all of those cannon just baffles me! I'm not so sure I would have followed an order like that! One item I managed to acquire there was a rock I picked up when i was on Little round Top. What a story it could tell if only it could speak! I had a neighbor who was a retired Petro Geologist - we got along very well due to my Masters Degree in Geology. After each of my trips i would give him a small rock I had gathered from places I visited. That little rock from Little Round Top is one of his prized possessions! I took a hammer to the one i brought back and broke it in two - giving him half, he was thrilled! He was also so very thrilled to get a piece of stone from other places I managed to visit. He has a sample from Germany, England, (Chalk from Dover!), Switzerland, Austria, France and the most prized of them all - two pieces from Korea! One from South Korea and the second from North Korea!!! (Don't ask - I'll have to kill ya!) Maybe we can arrange a visit in your area sometime! MArv |
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Post by dude on May 12, 2015 6:32:28 GMT 9
Sure just give a shout out. They kept the old Diorama and put it on the second floor of the new Visitors Center. Interesting, I ran into the same Oliver Cromwell roadblock in England.
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Post by LBer1568 on Mar 3, 2022 1:15:18 GMT 9
Just ran accross this photo of MA-1 guys doing Phase on MA-1 Radar rack. Notice the cards taped on some of the boxes/slots? Lorin  |
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