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AJ[_2_]
November 25th 07, 08:05 PM
A blast from the past -- free online!

http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-1.wmv
http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-2.wmv
http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-3.wmv
http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-4.wmv
http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-5.wmv
http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-6.wmv
http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-7.wmv
http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-8.wmv
http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-9.wmv
http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-10.wmv
http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-11.wmv
http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-12.wmv
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http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-15.wmv
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http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-28.wmv
http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-29.wmv
http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-30.wmv
http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-31.wmv
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http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-39.wmv
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http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-47.wmv
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http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-62.wmv
http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-63.wmv
http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-64.wmv

Tom Callahan
November 25th 07, 10:34 PM
Thanks. They are super. I sent the links to people I know who are trying
to learn English as a second language. The plots are good, the dialogue
crisp and clear, no worry about profanity, etc. There are more uses for
this kind of nostalgia than you imagined, Tom in Pensacola

"AJ" > wrote in message
. ..
>A blast from the past -- free online!
>
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-1.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-2.wmv
>

CWO4 Dave Mann
November 25th 07, 11:35 PM
Tom Callahan wrote:
> Thanks. They are super. I sent the links to people I know who are trying
> to learn English as a second language. The plots are good, the dialogue
> crisp and clear, no worry about profanity, etc. There are more uses for
> this kind of nostalgia than you imagined, Tom in Pensacola
>
> "AJ" > wrote in message
> . ..
>> A blast from the past -- free online!
>>
>> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-1.wmv
>> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-2.wmv
>>
>
>


Oh yah ... Sky King. I had the hots for Penny from about 1955 on .....
Sky King was one of several reasons that I started flying lessons when I
was 14. I wanted to do Penny so bad ... anyway ...

By the way, I know that the real trivia-minded amongst us will remember
hearing "Sky King, Sky King -- Do Not Answer -- " followed by a bunch of
phonetic alphabet letters .. heard on the HF Shortwave bands. That was
the one-way recall message sent to our USAF Nuke carrying aircraft
circling at the "Alpha Point" just on the other side of Soviet Air Space.

Cheersd,

Dave

Oviedo
November 26th 07, 02:22 AM
"CWO4 Dave Mann" > wrote in message
. ..
> Tom Callahan wrote:
>> Thanks. They are super. I sent the links to people I know who are
>> trying to learn English as a second language. The plots are good, the
>> dialogue crisp and clear, no worry about profanity, etc. There are more
>> uses for this kind of nostalgia than you imagined, Tom in Pensacola
>>
>> "AJ" > wrote in message
>> . ..
>>> A blast from the past -- free online!
>>>
>>> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-1.wmv
>>> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-2.wmv
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> Oh yah ... Sky King. I had the hots for Penny from about 1955 on .....
> Sky King was one of several reasons that I started flying lessons when I
> was 14. I wanted to do Penny so bad ... anyway ...
>
> By the way, I know that the real trivia-minded amongst us will remember
> hearing "Sky King, Sky King -- Do Not Answer -- " followed by a bunch of
> phonetic alphabet letters .. heard on the HF Shortwave bands. That was
> the one-way recall message sent to our USAF Nuke carrying aircraft
> circling at the "Alpha Point" just on the other side of Soviet Air Space.
>
> Cheersd,
>
> Dave

Sky King, Sky King, do not answer. Message follows: Sierra, Alpha, Charlie,
Sierra, Uniform, Charlie, Kilo, Sierra. Message out!

rustykunckle
November 26th 07, 12:07 PM
I quit watching when he got the 310. Something about flat engines I guess.

RK

"Tom Callahan" > wrote:
>Thanks. They are super. I sent the links to people I know who are trying
>to learn English as a second language. The plots are good, the dialogue
>crisp and clear, no worry about profanity, etc. There are more uses for
>this kind of nostalgia than you imagined, Tom in Pensacola
>
>"AJ" > wrote in message
. ..
>>A blast from the past -- free online!
>>
>> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-1.wmv
>> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-2.wmv
>>

PLMerite
November 26th 07, 12:08 PM
"CWO4 Dave Mann" > wrote in message
. ..
> Tom Callahan wrote:
>> Thanks. They are super. I sent the links to people I know who are
>> trying
>> to learn English as a second language. The plots are good, the dialogue
>> crisp and clear, no worry about profanity, etc. There are more uses for
>> this kind of nostalgia than you imagined, Tom in Pensacola
>>
>> "AJ" > wrote in message
>> . ..
>>> A blast from the past -- free online!
>>>
>>> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-1.wmv
>>> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-2.wmv
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> Oh yah ... Sky King. I had the hots for Penny from about 1955 on .....
> Sky King was one of several reasons that I started flying lessons when I
> was 14. I wanted to do Penny so bad ... anyway ...




Penny (Gloria Winters) will be 75 on Wednesday.




> By the way, I know that the real trivia-minded amongst us will remember
> hearing "Sky King, Sky King -- Do Not Answer -- " followed by a bunch of
> phonetic alphabet letters .. heard on the HF Shortwave bands. That was
> the one-way recall message sent to our USAF Nuke carrying aircraft
> circling at the "Alpha Point" just on the other side of Soviet Air Space.
>
> Cheersd,
>
> Dave

JPaul
November 26th 07, 02:14 PM
"PLMerite" > a écrit dans le message de news:
oHy2j.20958$ng.10072@trnddc08...

> Penny (Gloria Winters) will be 75 on Wednesday.

http://www.angelfire.com/mi/freeper/images/newSongbird.JPG

--
Cordi@lement, *JPaul*

Jim[_8_]
November 26th 07, 05:36 PM
O.K. . . . the fingers are faster than the eye . . .

Would the original poster PLEASE repost all the links to the Sky King
series? Is there a web site one can go to for these?

Thanks -- jim


"PLMerite" > wrote in message
news:oHy2j.20958$ng.10072@trnddc08...
>
> "CWO4 Dave Mann" > wrote in message
> . ..
>> Tom Callahan wrote:
>>> Thanks. They are super. I sent the links to people I know who are
>>> trying
>>> to learn English as a second language. The plots are good, the dialogue
>>> crisp and clear, no worry about profanity, etc. There are more uses for
>>> this kind of nostalgia than you imagined, Tom in Pensacola
>>>
>>> "AJ" > wrote in message
>>> . ..
>>>> A blast from the past -- free online!
>>>>
>>>> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-1.wmv
>>>> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-2.wmv
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> Oh yah ... Sky King. I had the hots for Penny from about 1955 on .....
>> Sky King was one of several reasons that I started flying lessons when I
>> was 14. I wanted to do Penny so bad ... anyway ...
>
>
>
>
> Penny (Gloria Winters) will be 75 on Wednesday.
>
>
>
>
>> By the way, I know that the real trivia-minded amongst us will remember
>> hearing "Sky King, Sky King -- Do Not Answer -- " followed by a bunch of
>> phonetic alphabet letters .. heard on the HF Shortwave bands. That was
>> the one-way recall message sent to our USAF Nuke carrying aircraft
>> circling at the "Alpha Point" just on the other side of Soviet Air Space.
>>
>> Cheersd,
>>
>> Dave
>
>
>

AJ[_2_]
November 26th 07, 09:12 PM
"Jim" <jaahrens NOSPAM at yahoo dot com> wrote in
:

>
> Would the original poster PLEASE repost all the links to the Sky King
> series? Is there a web site one can go to for these?
>

http://www.americanflyers.net/entertainment/skyking.asp

CWO4 Dave Mann
November 26th 07, 10:29 PM
PLMerite wrote:
> "CWO4 Dave Mann" > wrote in message
> . ..
>> Tom Callahan wrote:
>>> Thanks. They are super. I sent the links to people I know who are
>>> trying
>>> to learn English as a second language. The plots are good, the dialogue
>>> crisp and clear, no worry about profanity, etc. There are more uses for
>>> this kind of nostalgia than you imagined, Tom in Pensacola
>>>
>>> "AJ" > wrote in message
>>> . ..
>>>> A blast from the past -- free online!
>>>>
>>>> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-1.wmv
>>>> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-2.wmv
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> Oh yah ... Sky King. I had the hots for Penny from about 1955 on .....
>> Sky King was one of several reasons that I started flying lessons when I
>> was 14. I wanted to do Penny so bad ... anyway ...
>
>
>
>
> Penny (Gloria Winters) will be 75 on Wednesday.
>
>
>
>
>> By the way, I know that the real trivia-minded amongst us will remember
>> hearing "Sky King, Sky King -- Do Not Answer -- " followed by a bunch of
>> phonetic alphabet letters .. heard on the HF Shortwave bands. That was
>> the one-way recall message sent to our USAF Nuke carrying aircraft
>> circling at the "Alpha Point" just on the other side of Soviet Air Space.
>>
>> Cheersd,
>>
>> Dave
>
>


75 years old, eh? Well heck, all this time I was after an Older Woman
.... I'll be 63 here anyday now.


Heh heh....

Dave

CWO4 Dave Mann
November 26th 07, 10:30 PM
Oviedo wrote:
> "CWO4 Dave Mann" > wrote in message
> . ..
>> Tom Callahan wrote:
>>> Thanks. They are super. I sent the links to people I know who are
>>> trying to learn English as a second language. The plots are good, the
>>> dialogue crisp and clear, no worry about profanity, etc. There are more
>>> uses for this kind of nostalgia than you imagined, Tom in Pensacola
>>>
>>> "AJ" > wrote in message
>>> . ..
>>>> A blast from the past -- free online!
>>>>
>>>> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-1.wmv
>>>> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-2.wmv
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> Oh yah ... Sky King. I had the hots for Penny from about 1955 on .....
>> Sky King was one of several reasons that I started flying lessons when I
>> was 14. I wanted to do Penny so bad ... anyway ...
>>
>> By the way, I know that the real trivia-minded amongst us will remember
>> hearing "Sky King, Sky King -- Do Not Answer -- " followed by a bunch of
>> phonetic alphabet letters .. heard on the HF Shortwave bands. That was
>> the one-way recall message sent to our USAF Nuke carrying aircraft
>> circling at the "Alpha Point" just on the other side of Soviet Air Space.
>>
>> Cheersd,
>>
>> Dave
>
> Sky King, Sky King, do not answer. Message follows: Sierra, Alpha, Charlie,
> Sierra, Uniform, Charlie, Kilo, Sierra. Message out!
>
>


Aha! someone else here has "been there done that ..."

Cheers,

Dave

Jim Austin
November 27th 07, 12:28 AM
> http://www.americanflyers.net/entertainment/skyking.asp

Thanks!

Jim[_8_]
November 27th 07, 04:35 AM
"AJ" > wrote in message
. ..
> "Jim" <jaahrens NOSPAM at yahoo dot com> wrote in
> :
>
>>
>> Would the original poster PLEASE repost all the links to the Sky King
>> series? Is there a web site one can go to for these?
>>
>
> http://www.americanflyers.net/entertainment/skyking.asp

Thanks. Bookmarked!

J.F.
November 27th 07, 11:54 PM
Thanks. Anybody know whhat year they switched from a Cessna T-50 Bobcat to
a Cessna 310.
"AJ" > wrote in message
. ..
>A blast from the past -- free online!
>
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-1.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-2.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-3.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-4.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-5.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-6.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-7.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-8.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-9.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-10.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-11.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-12.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-13.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-14.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-15.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-16.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-17.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-18.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-19.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-20.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-21.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-22.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-23.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-24.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-25.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-26.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-27.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-28.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-29.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-30.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-31.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-32.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-33.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-34.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-35.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-36.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-37.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-38.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-39.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-40.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-41.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-42.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-43.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-44.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-45.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-46.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-47.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-48.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-49.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-50.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-51.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-52.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-53.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-54.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-55.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-56.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-57.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-58.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-59.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-60.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-61.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-62.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-63.wmv
> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-64.wmv

Frogdog
November 28th 07, 08:05 AM
On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:54:19 -0500, "J.F." >
wrote:

>Thanks. Anybody know whhat year they switched from a Cessna T-50 Bobcat to
>a Cessna 310.
>
The T-50 was used in episodes 1 thru 39, the Cessna 310B in episodes
39 thru 72. The change occured in 1956.

JRW
November 28th 07, 07:45 PM
AJ,

Thanks for these. My childhood has returned...lol

JRW

Lonnie J. Potter
November 29th 07, 02:53 AM
Worked Cemetery Net and GIANT TALK and Emergency Action Messages (EAM's) for
3 years in Belgium.

Echo Five Papa Romeo

Lonnie


"CWO4 Dave Mann" > wrote in message
. ..
> Oviedo wrote:
>> "CWO4 Dave Mann" > wrote in message
>> . ..
>>> Tom Callahan wrote:
>>>> Thanks. They are super. I sent the links to people I know who are
>>>> trying to learn English as a second language. The plots are good, the
>>>> dialogue crisp and clear, no worry about profanity, etc. There are
>>>> more
>>>> uses for this kind of nostalgia than you imagined, Tom in Pensacola
>>>>
>>>> "AJ" > wrote in message
>>>> . ..
>>>>> A blast from the past -- free online!
>>>>>
>>>>> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-1.wmv
>>>>> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-2.wmv
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Oh yah ... Sky King. I had the hots for Penny from about 1955 on .....
>>> Sky King was one of several reasons that I started flying lessons when I
>>> was 14. I wanted to do Penny so bad ... anyway ...
>>>
>>> By the way, I know that the real trivia-minded amongst us will remember
>>> hearing "Sky King, Sky King -- Do Not Answer -- " followed by a bunch of
>>> phonetic alphabet letters .. heard on the HF Shortwave bands. That was
>>> the one-way recall message sent to our USAF Nuke carrying aircraft
>>> circling at the "Alpha Point" just on the other side of Soviet Air
>>> Space.
>>>
>>> Cheersd,
>>>
>>> Dave
>>
>> Sky King, Sky King, do not answer. Message follows: Sierra, Alpha,
>> Charlie,
>> Sierra, Uniform, Charlie, Kilo, Sierra. Message out!
>>
>>
>
>
> Aha! someone else here has "been there done that ..."
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave
>

Dave Kearton
November 29th 07, 03:07 AM
Lonnie J. Potter wrote:
>> Worked Cemetery Net and GIANT TALK and Emergency Action Messages
>> (EAM's) for 3 years in Belgium.
>>
>> Echo Five Papa Romeo
>>
>> Lonnie
>>
>>
>> "CWO4 Dave Mann" > wrote in message
>> . ..
>>> Oviedo wrote:
>>>> "CWO4 Dave Mann" > wrote in message
>>>> . ..
>>>>> Tom Callahan wrote:
>>>>>> Thanks. They are super. I sent the links to people I know who
>>>>>> are trying to learn English as a second language. The plots are
>>>>>> good, the dialogue crisp and clear, no worry about profanity,
>>>>>> etc. There are more
>>>>>> uses for this kind of nostalgia than you imagined, Tom in
>>>>>> Pensacola
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "AJ" > wrote in message
>>>>>> . ..
>>>>>>> A blast from the past -- free online!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-1.wmv
>>>>>>> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-2.wmv
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh yah ... Sky King. I had the hots for Penny from about 1955 on
>>>>> ..... Sky King was one of several reasons that I started flying
>>>>> lessons when I was 14. I wanted to do Penny so bad ... anyway ...
>>>>>
>>>>> By the way, I know that the real trivia-minded amongst us will
>>>>> remember hearing "Sky King, Sky King -- Do Not Answer -- "
>>>>> followed by a bunch of phonetic alphabet letters .. heard on the
>>>>> HF Shortwave bands. That was the one-way recall message sent to
>>>>> our USAF Nuke carrying aircraft circling at the "Alpha Point"
>>>>> just on the other side of Soviet Air Space.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheersd,
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>> Sky King, Sky King, do not answer. Message follows: Sierra, Alpha,
>>>> Charlie,
>>>> Sierra, Uniform, Charlie, Kilo, Sierra. Message out!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Aha! someone else here has "been there done that ..."
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Dave




A revolver in a crossdraw holster, with ivory grips ?


Looks like they get to shoot intruders with style ....




--

Cheers

Dave Kearton

Wayne Paul
November 29th 07, 03:52 AM
"Lonnie J. Potter" > wrote in message
.. .
> Worked Cemetery Net and GIANT TALK and Emergency Action Messages (EAM's)
> for 3 years in Belgium.
>
> Echo Five Papa Romeo
>
> Lonnie
>
>
> "CWO4 Dave Mann" > wrote in message
> . ..
>> Oviedo wrote:
>>> "CWO4 Dave Mann" > wrote in message
>>> . ..
>>>> Tom Callahan wrote:
>>>>> Thanks. They are super. I sent the links to people I know who are
>>>>> trying to learn English as a second language. The plots are good, the
>>>>> dialogue crisp and clear, no worry about profanity, etc. There are
>>>>> more
>>>>> uses for this kind of nostalgia than you imagined, Tom in Pensacola
>>>>>
>>>>> "AJ" > wrote in message
>>>>> . ..
>>>>>> A blast from the past -- free online!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-1.wmv
>>>>>> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-2.wmv
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Oh yah ... Sky King. I had the hots for Penny from about 1955 on .....
>>>> Sky King was one of several reasons that I started flying lessons when
>>>> I
>>>> was 14. I wanted to do Penny so bad ... anyway ...
>>>>
>>>> By the way, I know that the real trivia-minded amongst us will remember
>>>> hearing "Sky King, Sky King -- Do Not Answer -- " followed by a bunch
>>>> of
>>>> phonetic alphabet letters .. heard on the HF Shortwave bands. That was
>>>> the one-way recall message sent to our USAF Nuke carrying aircraft
>>>> circling at the "Alpha Point" just on the other side of Soviet Air
>>>> Space.
>>>>
>>>> Cheersd,
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>
>>> Sky King, Sky King, do not answer. Message follows: Sierra, Alpha,
>>> Charlie,
>>> Sierra, Uniform, Charlie, Kilo, Sierra. Message out!
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> Aha! someone else here has "been there done that ..."
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Dave
>>
>
That sign looks familiar.

My last Navy assignment was serving as a member the SACEUR Represenitive's
staff coordinating NATO programs with the JSTPS at Offutt, AFB.

Wayne
http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder
W7ADK

Scubabix
November 30th 07, 02:10 AM
"Lonnie J. Potter" > wrote in message
.. .
> Worked Cemetery Net and GIANT TALK and Emergency Action Messages (EAM's)
> for 3 years in Belgium.
>
> Echo Five Papa Romeo
>
> Lonnie
>
>
> "CWO4 Dave Mann" > wrote in message
> . ..
>> Oviedo wrote:
>>> "CWO4 Dave Mann" > wrote in message
>>> . ..
>>>> Tom Callahan wrote:
>>>>> Thanks. They are super. I sent the links to people I know who are
>>>>> trying to learn English as a second language. The plots are good, the
>>>>> dialogue crisp and clear, no worry about profanity, etc. There are
>>>>> more
>>>>> uses for this kind of nostalgia than you imagined, Tom in Pensacola
>>>>>
>>>>> "AJ" > wrote in message
>>>>> . ..
>>>>>> A blast from the past -- free online!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-1.wmv
>>>>>> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-2.wmv
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Oh yah ... Sky King. I had the hots for Penny from about 1955 on .....
>>>> Sky King was one of several reasons that I started flying lessons when
>>>> I
>>>> was 14. I wanted to do Penny so bad ... anyway ...
>>>>
>>>> By the way, I know that the real trivia-minded amongst us will remember
>>>> hearing "Sky King, Sky King -- Do Not Answer -- " followed by a bunch
>>>> of
>>>> phonetic alphabet letters .. heard on the HF Shortwave bands. That was
>>>> the one-way recall message sent to our USAF Nuke carrying aircraft
>>>> circling at the "Alpha Point" just on the other side of Soviet Air
>>>> Space.
>>>>
>>>> Cheersd,
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>
>>> Sky King, Sky King, do not answer. Message follows: Sierra, Alpha,
>>> Charlie,
>>> Sierra, Uniform, Charlie, Kilo, Sierra. Message out!
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> Aha! someone else here has "been there done that ..."
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Dave
>>
>

Any VP aircrew out there remember that too? I never flew the flights
operationally but was in the training squadron doing simulators.
Rob

CWO4 Dave Mann
November 30th 07, 03:16 AM
Scubabix wrote:
> "Lonnie J. Potter" > wrote in message
> .. .
>> Worked Cemetery Net and GIANT TALK and Emergency Action Messages (EAM's)
>> for 3 years in Belgium.
>>
>> Echo Five Papa Romeo
>>
>> Lonnie
>>
>>
>> "CWO4 Dave Mann" > wrote in message
>> . ..
>>> Oviedo wrote:
>>>> "CWO4 Dave Mann" > wrote in message
>>>> . ..
>>>>> Tom Callahan wrote:
>>>>>> Thanks. They are super. I sent the links to people I know who are
>>>>>> trying to learn English as a second language. The plots are good, the
>>>>>> dialogue crisp and clear, no worry about profanity, etc. There are
>>>>>> more
>>>>>> uses for this kind of nostalgia than you imagined, Tom in Pensacola
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "AJ" > wrote in message
>>>>>> . ..
>>>>>>> A blast from the past -- free online!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-1.wmv
>>>>>>> http://media.af.tv/series/skyking/skyking-2.wmv
>>>>>>>
>>>>> Oh yah ... Sky King. I had the hots for Penny from about 1955 on .....
>>>>> Sky King was one of several reasons that I started flying lessons when
>>>>> I
>>>>> was 14. I wanted to do Penny so bad ... anyway ...
>>>>>
>>>>> By the way, I know that the real trivia-minded amongst us will remember
>>>>> hearing "Sky King, Sky King -- Do Not Answer -- " followed by a bunch
>>>>> of
>>>>> phonetic alphabet letters .. heard on the HF Shortwave bands. That was
>>>>> the one-way recall message sent to our USAF Nuke carrying aircraft
>>>>> circling at the "Alpha Point" just on the other side of Soviet Air
>>>>> Space.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheersd,
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave
>>>> Sky King, Sky King, do not answer. Message follows: Sierra, Alpha,
>>>> Charlie,
>>>> Sierra, Uniform, Charlie, Kilo, Sierra. Message out!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Aha! someone else here has "been there done that ..."
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>
> Any VP aircrew out there remember that too? I never flew the flights
> operationally but was in the training squadron doing simulators.
> Rob
>
>


Ah yes, the old Cemetery Net. I was a fill-in Net operator on the NATO
Net when I was at the 8th ID 1980-83. I have in my possession one of
the original Vibroplex Blue Racer military model Morse keys used by the
net at US Army Europe HQ. After the Manual Morse net folded in 1978,
the key was used by DA1US, the HQ USAREUR Ham and MARS station, on the
Manual Morse traffic channel between Heidelberg and Fort Monmouth, NJ.
Along the way, the whole station inventory was reviewed and several
Vibroplexes were excess to the station TDA. Some of us were given the
opportunity to apply for a permanent issue to us as individual Amateur
Radio MARS operators.

That key has been in use ever since, as DA1BB for 4 years, VP2EHF for
almost 10 years, and now as N4CVX. You can hear me on the 30 meter
band, usually around 10.123.5 Mhz in the early morning (CST). You will
hear that key "working". It keys a home brew 1 watt CW transmitter into
a G5RV Antenna; the receiver is a Kenwood TS-830S with optional narrow
filter packs.

73's!

Dave

PS: The attached photo is NOT a Vibroplex Morse key.

Luke
November 30th 07, 06:31 AM
"CWO4 Dave Mann" > wrote in message
. ..
>
> PS: The attached photo is NOT a Vibroplex Morse key.
>


Hispano-Suiza 180?


Luke

Grumpy AuContraire[_2_]
November 30th 07, 04:48 PM
CWO4 Dave Mann wrote:

ning squadron doing simulators.
>> Rob
>>
>
>
> Ah yes, the old Cemetery Net. I was a fill-in Net operator on the NATO
> Net when I was at the 8th ID 1980-83. I have in my possession one of
> the original Vibroplex Blue Racer military model Morse keys used by the
> net at US Army Europe HQ. After the Manual Morse net folded in 1978,
> the key was used by DA1US, the HQ USAREUR Ham and MARS station, on the
> Manual Morse traffic channel between Heidelberg and Fort Monmouth, NJ.
> Along the way, the whole station inventory was reviewed and several
> Vibroplexes were excess to the station TDA. Some of us were given the
> opportunity to apply for a permanent issue to us as individual Amateur
> Radio MARS operators.
>
> That key has been in use ever since, as DA1BB for 4 years, VP2EHF for
> almost 10 years, and now as N4CVX. You can hear me on the 30 meter
> band, usually around 10.123.5 Mhz in the early morning (CST). You will
> hear that key "working". It keys a home brew 1 watt CW transmitter into
> a G5RV Antenna; the receiver is a Kenwood TS-830S with optional narrow
> filter packs.
>
> 73's!
>
> Dave
>
> PS: The attached photo is NOT a Vibroplex Morse key.
>
>


I wonder if I could put one of those in my Studebaker...

JT

Wx Guesser
December 1st 07, 01:02 AM
AJ wrote:
> A blast from the past -- free online!
>


I used to watch Sky King every Saturday morning when I was a kid. Thanks
for the memories.

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