EDGAR T. JOHNSTON
LA MESA, CA | I STARTED WORK FOR CONVAIR ON THE B-36 PROGRAM AS A RADAR ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN. FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME I WAS ASSIGNED TO THE XP5Y PROGRAM ON THE GUN CONTROL SYSTEM. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A FINE SYSTEM BUT IT SEEMS THAT SOME OF THE CONTRACTORS PRODUCING IT DID NOT TALK TO EACH OTHER. CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE SYSTEM. AT INSTALLATION AND CHECKOUT, I GOT MOST OF THE SYSTEMS TO WORK INDIVIDUALLY BUT THEY WOULD NOT WORK AS AN INTEGRETED SYSTEM. I SPENT MANY HOURS WITH THE THE BOAT IN BLDG 5 BUT EVENTUALLY MOVED BACK TO THE B-36 RADAR SYSTEM.
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