[PRCo] Re: Cordic's Flying Fraction

[ROBERT R ROCKWELL]

It is a neat site, Fred.=20
I did not find the flying/fraction , but, remember him referring to it =
more than once. Wasn't Rege one of the guys responsible for what we now =
call PTM ? I knew Lou Redman very well, too. TCA,etc.

Cordic, Sterling Yates, Bob Trow, Charlie Sords are all gone now. I =
never heard anything of Karl Hardman. Charlie was a good friend, his day =
job was a State Store on the North side. Charlie was "Screaming Mad =
MacEldowney", but, more of a writer. He hung around TV Master Control a =
lot where I frequently worked. We moved WDTV to Gateway Center in 1954, =
it became KDKA-TV in 1955, and radio moved from the Grant Bldg to =
Gateway a couple of years later. I worked all over the place for 36 =
years, so to remember what happened when would be tough .

I am glad so many people enjoyed the Cordic site. Outstanding quality, I =
thought.

Robert Rockwell
w3syt1 at msn.com<mailto:w3syt1 at msn.com>
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  From: Frederick J. Sauerburger, M.D.<mailto:fjsmd at mindspring.com>=20
  To: w3syt1 at msn.com<mailto:w3syt1 at msn.com>=20
  Cc: bobrathke at comcast.net<mailto:bobrathke at comcast.net> ; =
pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org<mailto:pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>=
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  Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 11:52 AM
  Subject: Cordic's Flying Fraction


  Hello Robert,=20

  Thanks for posting the Cordic site.

  My favorite memory was the bit on the Flyin' Fraction.  His take on=20
  preparing motormen for the 77/54 route as a variation on fighter=20
  pilot preps.  I scanned the list on Dr Technical and couldn't find=20
  it.  Do you know of a recording?

  My memory of it as a kid ended with the trolley leaving the barn to=20
  wheel squeal and the Air Force hymn  (Off we go...into the wild blue=20
  yonder.....)   I got a tape from Ed Lybarger several years ago, but=20
  it didn't seem like the entire bit, and didn't end with the music.

  Any ideas???

  The Grateful Fred

  PS I'm also checking with the Drtechnical site.





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