As I mentioned in his thread, my girlfriend Kay and I attended the re-enactment tonight of the Los Angeles air raid scare of 1942 at Fort Macarthur near San Pedro.
Their museum has two SD10s and one 500AT. They decided to use the 500AT tonight, and it was a big hit! I got to spend some time talking with two of the key figures in this event; Joe Janesic and Bart (sorry I didn't get his last name). Bart was in charge of setting up the siren for the event. After striking up a conversation with Bart, he gave me the thrill of the year by asking me to PUSH THE BUTTON when the time came to sound the siren
!It didn't take much to talk me into it!
Here are a few photos taken prior to the sounding, and there are three MPEG videos: First one is of the startup, the second one is of the siren in attack wail. The final one is of the wind-down.
If Joe or Bart happen to read this, here's a BIG thank-you for the extra hospitality you offered Kay and me
Charles
Kay and the siren
Kay and me "playing with fire"
The control box rigging
Kay and Bart checking timing
TO PLAY VIDEOS: Evidently, you need Macromedia Flash, and/or other player. These are all hosted at Photobucket.
The Startup http://s104.photobucket.com/albums/m174 ... I_0051.flv
Attack wail http://s104.photobucket.com/albums/m174 ... I_0052.flv
The wind-down http://s104.photobucket.com/albums/m174 ... I_0053.flv
*not sure what all programs will play these videos, but I am able to see them with Windows Media Player. I have also played them on my Mac G4 notebook with a free download of Macromedia Flash. If you still have trouble, please go to Photobucket and see if they have a free player download for whatever operating system you're on...
the page opens and al it shows is a big white square. I downloaded the FLV player It still doesn't play.
