• 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
• 80830

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 12AU6 12AV6 50C5 35W4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 4 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 117 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 3 inch = 7.6 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline GSL-1614A - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 8.375 x 5.5 x 4.875 inch / 213 x 140 x 124 mm

• Notes

• Model Airline GSL-1614A: White

  Model Airline GSL-1615a: Mahogany

  Model Airline GSL-1616A: Red

  Model Airline GSL-1617A: Green

  Model Airline 1618: Ebony

  Model Airline 1619: Two-tone, turquoise and white

• Price in first year of sale
• 13.50 $

• Source of data
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 15, 1955

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 289 Folder 2)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (1955, page 716 & 717. Fall/Winter 1956/57, page 786.)

• Author
• Model page created by Egon Penker. 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