• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1947/1948

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 48353

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 10

• Valves / Tubes
• 6BA6 6J6 6BE6 6BA6 6U5 6BA6 6AL5 6AT6 6V6GT 5Y3GT

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455/10700 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Short Wave plus FM or UHF.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105 - 125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 10 inch = 25.4 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline 74WG-2505A Order= 62 C 2505 R - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Console with any shape - in general

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 27 x 39.5 x 14.75 inch / 686 x 1003 x 375 mm

• Notes
• Photofact see under Trade name: Airline.

• Price in first year of sale
• 129.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 16 = ca. 1948 and before

• Mentioned in
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 18, Folder 478-7)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Spring/Summer 1947, page 665. Fall/Winter 1947/48, page 854.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 2292 models, 1460 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