> On Apr 26, 2016, at 1:14 PM, Swift Griggs <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, 26 Apr 2016, Jon Elson wrote: >> Erik is not the only one. Check out Tatiana van Vark. > > Excellent! I've actually wondered who in the world might do something like > this. Now I know. Like I said, what a cool hobby. > >> Here's a picture of what is in her DINING ROOM, the complete electronics >> suite from a Vulcan bomber! > > That is one of the coolest things I've ever seen. I can identify perhaps > *one* of those devices. I'm guessing the little round CRT is for radar. > That's it! Somewhere, someday, some flight sim zealot is going to break > down in tears of joy and jealousy when they see that setup. > >> There's also a video of her picking up a Litton inertial measuring unit >> and moving it around, there's 3 racks of gear to support it. > > As in 3 EIA/TIA racks fulla computer kit ? Daaaaamn son. That's what you > call a passion for your hobby. Hopefully, being female she has less > problems with her SO freaking out, but who knows, perhaps she married an OCD > butler. It's tough to escape the laws of the universe sometimes. :-)
From the looks of other items on her website, that collection of airplane gear is the *least* strange thing she has. Stuff like an encryption machine that isn't exactly an Enigma, but based on the same principles -- and much nicer looking. You can find more here: http://www.tatjavanvark.nl/projects.html and here: http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/vanvark.htm paul
