In addition to my regular duty as the Comm Officer at Galena AFS AK in
1963, I also flew a DeHaviland L-20 "Beaver" for the CAP SAR missions.
AK bush pilots never seemed to check the gas gauge before taking off so
it was a couple of missions a month. Not only was it deafening in
flight, the oil filler pipe and dipstick came up between the seats
providing, for your added comfort, a hot oil smell [and fine oil mist if
you removed the cap to check the dipstick] in-flight.
The four headsets in the airplane were David Clark<somethings> of
uncertain vintage to which several attempts to cushion them with foam
had been made, none of which were particularly successful. The L-20
cruised around 120 kts [it maxed at about 130 kts at triple the noise]
and, since no place in AK is close to any other place in AK, I was deaf
with a headache after every mission.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
jerry wrote on 12/17/2022 12:49 PM:
Not to mention that pilots call them David "Clamp" Clarks. Aviation
headsets in general are not the epitome of comfort.
Small airplanes are like sitting in a steel garbage can
while people pound on it with hammers.
- Jerry, KF6VB
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