Did they ever get their tube tester?

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From: "Ron Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 9:04 PM
Subject: Military tube tester?


> Hello everyone,
>
> Recently, returning home from a business trip, a man sat next to me on the
> plane who, it turns out, is one of the engineers on a world war II vintage
> B17 bomber. We began to talk about warbirds and their current bomber (the
> Liberty Belle (I believe) and the B17 they are rebuilding to fly, the
> Memphis Belle (Yes That Memphis Belle of the movie). He mentioned that the
> superchargers of the B17's engines are fitted with governors which  use
> vacuum tubes. They don't currently have a tube tester and really could use
> one. They would really like to have a WW II period US military tube tester
> to check the tubes in the superchargers. Of course other tube testers will
> work, but they'd like to have one to "go with the plane," so to speak.
>
>
>
> I mentioned that I'm a ham and that the amateur community has all kinds of
> stuff squirreled away, and that I'd start putting the word out for a 
> tester
> for them. I don't have cash to buy a tester, I might have something to
> trade, perhaps and the Liberty Foundation isn't involved in my search, or
> providing any funds for this, I just thought it would be cool to donate a
> tester for the plane. They run on donations from individuals companies and
> organizations, even accepting work from aviation companies to keep the
> bomber flying.
>
>
>
> If anyone might be interested in donating a working, vintage tube tester
> that you'd like to put back to its original use, and/or a good, 
> non-military
> tube tester for the same purpose, please contact me off list.
>
>
>
> Ron Miller
>
> N6MSA
>
> Dunedin, FL USA
>
> SKYPE Arjay1
>
> 


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