I remember the Omega well. I was told you could buy the self-winding one. Use it for 10 years,take out the self winding and use it for another ten years.
ernie
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Yeah...we used the Julie gear to "just listen" too - when we didn't have the Jez turned on. Your memory of the equipment compliment is far supperior to mine, Roger.
Ever experience St. Elmos's Fire? Ever forget to reel in the Trailing Wire HF antenna before landing?
In 1958, shortly after starting flying, we took a boondoggle to Pisa to visit the exchange. I bought my first (and only) Omega wristwatch there. It had an expandable bracelet. On the return trip to Sigonella I was sitting in the afterstation with the hatch removed (summer in the Med). Being young (18)and oblivious (read stupid), I stuck my arm out in the airstream to direct some more air onto my body and ...you guessed it...goodbye Omega. Ruined my day.
Frank.
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Frank - You are right about the OMNI; it was the ARN-14.............
However...............I came up with the scope we used for the active buoys: AQA-1. You are correct that the Jez position was just aft of the copilot seat behind the bulkhead, and poised over the AQA-1 was the ignition analyzyer scope (remember the plane captain reaching back from the jumpseat and clicking through the spark discharge patterns?) I don't know if the SSQ-15 (big sucker) was new when I started flying crew in '65, but the AQA-1 was in all the '7's I was ever in. Come to think on it, it had a Directional Listening position for the ill-fated SSQ-1 (1A?) DL buoy. Now that I think about it, I don't remember having to ever repair one.........very reliable. Never saw or used a DL buoy tho............ I remember using the Julie recorder to monitor active buoys too, so maybe the AQA-1 was a retrofit after you left.
