![]() ![]() These flying classrooms were "elongated" television stations, filled with six and a half tons of TV and related transmitting equipment. Signals were transmitted simultaneously to two ultra-high frequency channels, 72 and 76, allowing for two separate programs to be transmitted at the same time. These signals were broadcast by means of a 24-foot-long retractable sending antenna that extended from the underside of the airplane. Each four-engine DC-6 carried a crew of six men -- three flight crew members and three television technicians. ![]() ![]() |