• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1968 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 254790

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

• Number of Transistors
• 15

• Semiconductors

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave and 2 x Short Wave.

• Power type and voltage
• Batteries / addl. power jack / Either batteries: 4 x 1.5V or DC: 6.0 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline 1459 Order=62 GX 1459 - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 11 x 8.5 x 3 inch / 279 x 216 x 76 mm

• Notes

• Four band portable for police, aircraft, FM and AM.

• Price in first year of sale
• 42.88 $

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Wards: Catalog from Montgomery Ward: 1968, page 157.

• Author
• Model page created by Noemi Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• 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