• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Montgomery Ward & Co. (Wards, Airline); Chicago, IL

• Year
• 1938/1939

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 47971

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A8G 6K7 6Q7G 6K6G 6U5 5Y3G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105-120 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline 290 Miracle Order= P462 C 290 - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 330 x 215 x 180 mm / 13 x 8.5 x 7.1 inch

• Notes

• BC (535-1720 kHz) band with 6 pushbutton station selectors. Tuning eye.

  There are three Airline models with different colours and materials: Airline model 274 is in Black bakelite, Airline model 288 is in Brown bakelite and Airline model 290 is in Ivory Plastikon.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 4.9 kg / 10 lb 12.7 oz (10.793 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 14.95 US$

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 9 = 1938 and before

• Mentioned in
• Rider's 9-9, 9-10, 9-11

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (page 34.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 4 Stein 2003 (page 44.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Spring & Summer 1938 page 457. Fall/Winter 1938/39, No. 129, page 579.)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Spring/Summer 1939, No.130, page 565.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 2290 models, 1458 with images and 1788 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Montgomery Ward & Co. (Wards, Airline); Chicago, IL