[PRCo] Re: Cordic's Flying Fraction

[ROBERT R ROCKWELL]

Robert Rockwell
w3syt1 at msn.com<mailto:w3syt1 at msn.com>
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bob Rathke<mailto:bobrathke at comcast.net> 
  To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org<mailto:pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> 
  Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 4:30 PM
  Subject: [PRCo] Re: Cordic's Flying Fraction


  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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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "ROBERT R ROCKWELL" <w3syt1 at msn.com<mailto:w3syt1 at msn.com>>
  To: "Frederick J. Sauerburger, M.D." <fjsmd at mindspring.com<mailto:fjsmd at mindspring.com>>; 
  "pittsburgh-railways" <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org<mailto:pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>>
  Cc: "Ben" <wa3tgc at dakotacom.net<mailto:wa3tgc at dakotacom.net>>; "Tom Bianculli" <tjbian at connecttime.net<mailto: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 .
  >
  > 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<mailto:w3syt1 at msn.com%3Cmailto:w3syt1 at msn.com>>
  >  ----- Original Message -----=20
  >  From: Frederick J. Sauerburger, M.D.<mailto:fjsmd at mindspring.com>=20<mailto:fjsmd at mindspring.com%3E=20>
  >  To: w3syt1 at msn.com<mailto:w3syt1 at msn.com>=20<mailto:w3syt1 at msn.com%3Cmailto:w3syt1 at msn.com%3E=20>
  >  Cc: bobrathke at comcast.net<mailto:bobrathke at comcast.net<mailto:bobrathke at comcast.net%3Cmailto:bobrathke at comcast.net>> ; =
  > pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org<mailto:pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org<mailto:pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org%3Cmailto: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
  >
  >  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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