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Chindit · 21st Mar 2019, 11:11 am

Don't forget the Sky Baronet, a very well made set built on a PCB but with an excellent slow motion drive. There was the Sky Casket and Sky Prince/ Princess and finally the last ER valve portable, the Sky Captain from 1961.
All of these used the B141 combined HT/LT battery.
The Sky Captain was built to a budget - just a plastic fabric covered wooden baffle board with the PCB attached to the rear. The rest of the case was just a bulbous cream plastic moulding that was attached to the baffle board by two brass screws. Strangely, this set didn't carry a name badge. Mine works very well and is extremely sensitive.

21st Mar 2019, 11:11 am	#12
Chindit Tetrode Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Bishop Auckland, County Durham, UK. Posts: 97	Re: Sky Countess made by? Don't forget the Sky Baronet, a very well made set built on a PCB but with an excellent slow motion drive. There was the Sky Casket and Sky Prince/ Princess and finally the last ER valve portable, the Sky Captain from 1961. All of these used the B141 combined HT/LT battery. The Sky Captain was built to a budget - just a plastic fabric covered wooden baffle board with the PCB attached to the rear. The rest of the case was just a bulbous cream plastic moulding that was attached to the baffle board by two brass screws. Strangely, this set didn't carry a name badge. Mine works very well and is extremely sensitive.