• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1955–1957

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 122356

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 1U4 1L6 1U4 1U5 3V4

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Batteries (any type) / 117V = 110 -120/ 9 & 90 Volt

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

• Material
• Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline GSL-1079-A - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 14 x 10.375 x 6.5 inch / 356 x 264 x 165 mm

• Notes

• Airline model 1079A is a three power portable 2 band AM superheterodyne receiver.
  Selenium Rectifier. Leatherette .

   

   

• Price in first year of sale
• 54.95 $

• Circuit diagram reference
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (7th Edition)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 294 Folder 2 dated 10-55)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (1955, page 716 & 717. Fall/Winter 1956/57, page 788.)

• Author
• Model page created by Walter Wiesmüller † May 2012. 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