[PRCo] Re: Cordic's Flying Fraction

[Bob Rathke]

When we lived in Pittsburgh I wrote and produced slide presentations for 
U.S. Steel, Koppers and L.B. Foster Co.  The soundtracks were recorded at 
Karl Hardman's studio on Smithfield St. - Paul Long did most of the 
voice-overs.

But that was pre-1983, and I lost track of Karl after we moved to Chicago.

Bob 8/5/07

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From: "ROBERT R ROCKWELL" <w3syt1 at msn.com>
To: "Frederick J. Sauerburger, M.D." <fjsmd at mindspring.com>; 
"pittsburgh-railways" <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Cc: "Ben" <wa3tgc at dakotacom.net>; "Tom Bianculli" <tjbian at connecttime.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 3:13 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Cordic's Flying Fraction


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> 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.
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> 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 .
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> I am glad so many people enjoyed the Cordic site. Outstanding quality, I =
> thought.
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> Robert Rockwell
> w3syt1 at msn.com<mailto:w3syt1 at msn.com>
>  ----- Original Message -----=20
>  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
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>  Hello Robert,=20
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>  Thanks for posting the Cordic site.
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>  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?
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>  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.
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>  Any ideas???
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>  The Grateful Fred
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>  PS I'm also checking with the Drtechnical site.
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