TECHNICAL CAREERS
Technical Careers
Cincinnati Public Library
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The Main branch of the Cincinnati Library (c 1958)

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The library "stack levels" looked like this

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Finding a book using the library catalog

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Selecting a book from the library catalog

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Books were loaded on :trucks" for reshelving

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The 'Book Fountain' at today's Cincy Public Library


USAF Electronic Countermeasures
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September 1961 I left for Lackland Air Force Base, Texas on this plane. My mother took this picture.

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Basic Training. That's an original Coca Cola.

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Dress blues for basic training graduation. Me - back row, third from the left

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Electronics, Biloxi, Mississippi. Me - back row, third from the left again

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I was trained on the maintainance of the ALT-7 ECM Transmitter. The transmitter (right) and its Power Supply looked like this.

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X-band waves traveled through "waveguide" instead of wire.

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An S-band and X-band "simitar antenna." It reminds me of the "shark fin" antennas on modern automobiles

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B-47 Bombers on the flight line. I was stationed at Plattsburgh Air Force Base, a Stragic Air Command (SAC) base in Plattsburgh, N.Y.

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B47's were the world's first swept wing bomber and the first with out-rigger landing gear, which was necessary because of the thin wings. I remember working on this airplane, #2135

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B47s had only tail guns because at 600 mph they were the fastest plane built. They could carry one nuclear weapon or 10,000 pounds of conventional bombs.

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A JATO (Jet Assisted TakeOff). When a B47 was fully loaded with fuel pods (17,000 gal.) and bombs, a JATO rack was installed behind the aft wheel well. The rack was jetisoned after take off.

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The B47 had a three-man crew; Pilot, Copilot and Navigator.

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B47 from the pilot's seat.

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The co-pilot sat behind the pilot.

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The Navigator/Bombadier sat in the nose of the plane.

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A KC-97 refueling tanker

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A KC-97 refueling a B-47

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The KC-97 refueling operator operated this boom from inside, guiding the boom with its tiny wings

American Electronic Labs
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ALT-6/ALT-7 transmitter with power supply

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AEL installed ALT-6s in M113 APCs (Armored Personel Carrier)

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AEL designed and manufactured an ECM system that fit in the back of a Jeep.

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AEL's ECM systems were installed in DC6s.

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Modern day electronic warfare systems

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The car I had in Phoenix was like this 1967 Plymouth Fury convertible

Seifert X-ray
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This is a "portable" industrial X-ray machine. Seifert X-Ray provided sales, service and testing

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Another X-Ray tube. It is basically a tank of dielectric oil with an x-ray tube inside powered by a high voltage supply.

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An X-Ray tube

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How x-ray tubes work

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