{"id":38362,"date":"2019-06-30T07:30:36","date_gmt":"2019-06-30T11:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=38362"},"modified":"2019-06-29T07:18:01","modified_gmt":"2019-06-29T11:18:01","slug":"can-you-identify-this-hallicrafters-model-onboard-the-columbine-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/can-you-identify-this-hallicrafters-model-onboard-the-columbine-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you identify this Hallicrafters model onboard the Columbine III?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Lockheed VC-121E \u201cColumbine III\u201d (Image Source: USAF Museum)<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Robert Yowell, who writes:<\/p>\n

I was visiting the US Air Force Museum [Friday] and walked through \u201cColumbine III\u201d which was the Lockheed Constellation used as Air Force One by President Eisenhower from 1954 until he left office. In the back of the cabin was a nice cozy area where this Hallicrafters receiver was installed – ostensibly for the passengers to listen to news or other events while in flight.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I am sure one of your readers will be able to identify which model it is.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Can you imagine flying in this gorgeous Lockheed VC-121E four prop aircraft and listening to HF radio from a built-in Hallicrafters set? Wow…<\/p>\n

Thank you, Robert, for sharing these photos. The National Museum of the US Air Force<\/a> is one of my favorite museums in the world. I bet I’ve visited it more than a dozen times over the past decade–always a treat and always something new to discover!<\/p>\n

Post<\/em> readers:<\/strong> Can you identify this Hallicrafters model?\u00a0 Please comment!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Robert Yowell, who writes: I was visiting the US Air Force Museum [Friday] and walked through \u201cColumbine III\u201d which was the Lockheed Constellation used as Air Force One by President Eisenhower from 1954 until he left office. In the back of the cabin was a nice cozy area where […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5984,3,305,288,43,4796],"tags":[7872,1255,7871,5103,3351,5347],"class_list":["post-38362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aviation","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","category-shortwave-radio","category-vintage-radio","tag-columbine-iii","tag-hallicrafters","tag-lockheed-vc-121e","tag-national-museum-of-the-usaf","tag-robert-yowell","tag-usaf"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9YK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12438,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/a-photo-tour-of-the-national-capital-radio-and-television-museum\/","url_meta":{"origin":38362,"position":0},"title":"A Photo Tour of the National Capital Radio and Television Museum","author":"Thomas","date":"March 1, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"On Tuesday afternoon, I made a pilgrimage the to the National Capital Radio and Television Museum in Bowie, Maryland, USA. \u00a0The museum is located in a modest and beautiful historic house on the corner of Mt. 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