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<DIV>Let's face it. It was the ultimate Cold war Propaganda platform. Fly
it in... radio transmitter.... TV Transmitter.... And,,, I am sure there
were setups that were never really made public... perhaps laying out there
in mothballs.... a yet to be acquired aircraft with Quads built in!</DIV>
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<DIV>Ed!</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 7/7/2010 6:06:30 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
david@dcvideo.com writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Hello
Skip,<BR><BR>I can't speak as to the "big brother" aspect of surveillance via
air <BR>and quad machines. It certainly was possible given the other
airborne <BR>quad machines in use in the sixties. Here are two
examples:<BR><BR>Number
one:<BR><BR>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwest_Program_on_Airborne_Television_Instruction<BR>And...<BR>http://www.chicagotelevision.com/MPATI.htm<BR><BR>VR
1001's can be seen in a picture in the above link and also in the
<BR>rotation on the main page at: http://www.dcvideo.com/<BR><BR>Number
two:<BR><BR>Peter Groom (now deceased), editor at NBC NY, performed was
was <BR>thought to be the first 2" quad splicing of a program while on
board a <BR>converted DC 3 (?). The purpose of this effort, which
involved a TR <BR>22, was to beat the other two networks to air with the
first lengthy <BR>coverage of Winston Churchill's funeral in the UK.
From the first hand <BR>story told to me by Peter, upon the death of
Winston Churchill, NBC <BR>commissioned a crash effort to modify a DC 3
to accommodate a TR 22, <BR>by removing almost all of the normal cabin
interior, installing a <BR>specialized power source, and flying Peter (a
UK native), David <BR>Brinkley (?), and a number of other people, to
London. The plane sat <BR>on the runway, recording the feed. Upon the
conclusion of the funeral, <BR>the plane departed. While in flight,
Peter physically spliced the <BR>tape, with Brinkley doing some VO! The
plane landed in NYC, the tape <BR>played back to a waiting microwave
van, and it was fed directly to NBC <BR>and the net.<BR><BR>Apparently
there was spotty "live" coverage from an occasional <BR>satellite feed
(when in position). But NBC went all out to have the <BR>first lengthy
coverage.<BR><BR>http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/witness/january/24/newsid_2692000/2692293.stm<BR><BR>David
Crosthwait<BR>DC Video<BR>Archived Media Transfer and Re-mastering
Services<BR>177 West Magnolia Blvd.<BR>Burbank, CA.
91502<BR>818-563-1073<BR>818-563-1177 (fax)<BR>818-285-9942
(cell)<BR>DCFWTX@AOL.COM<BR>DAVID@DCVIDEO.COM<BR>WWW.DCVIDEO.COM<BR><BR><BR><BR>Quoting
Skip Elsheimer <avgeeks@gmail.com>:<BR><BR>> I was at a film
archivist / moonshine symposium in West Virginia and<BR>> somebody was
asking about a mythical airplane that had quad machines<BR>> installed on
board. He said he thought it was a government owned plane and<BR>> it would
record video in remote locations.<BR>><BR>> I said I would ask the
experts..<BR>><BR>> Skip</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 PTSIZE="10">Thanks,<BR><BR>Ed Sharpe, Archivist for SMECC
<BR><BR>See the Museum's Web Site at <A href="http://www.smecc.org/">www.smecc.org</A><BR><BR>We are always looking for
items to add to the museum's display and ref. library - please advise if you
have anything we can use.<BR><BR>Coury House / SMECC<BR>5802 W. Palmaire Ave.
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