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Fort Worth had an ACA Howler?

Fri Jun 01, 2018 4:01 pm

I found this on the Civil defence Museum. I apologize if this has been posted here before but this BLEW. MY. MIND.

http://www.civildefensemuseum.com/siren ... ee/61C.JPG
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Re: Fort Worth had an ACA Howler?

Fri Jun 01, 2018 5:50 pm

Evidently they did. At least three according to Jared.
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Re: Fort Worth had an ACA Howler?

Fri Jun 01, 2018 7:10 pm

the Macon GA one is in a collectors hands now, right?
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Re: Fort Worth had an ACA Howler?

Sun Jun 03, 2018 7:57 pm

They had several, not just that one.
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Re: Fort Worth had an ACA Howler?

Sun Jun 03, 2018 10:41 pm

We have what i think is the last one out there, in Cologne, MN
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Re: Fort Worth had an ACA Howler?

Mon Jun 04, 2018 4:12 pm

The Howler operated off the Screamer platform, so it was a bit smaller and also used a different rotational drive system. I think these were prone to belt drive issues, and the product wasn't offered for very long.
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Re: Fort Worth had an ACA Howler?

Mon Jun 04, 2018 6:27 pm

yeah. they had similar issues to the finback vortexes and IIRC thunderbolts(?)
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Re: Fort Worth had an ACA Howler?

Mon Jun 04, 2018 7:05 pm

Model L wrote:
Mon Jun 04, 2018 6:27 pm
yeah. they had similar issues to the finback vortexes and IIRC thunderbolts(?)
What?
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Re: Fort Worth had an ACA Howler?

Mon Jun 04, 2018 10:47 pm

There too was one in Norwood Young America, MN but it was replaced with a T-Beam.
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Re: Fort Worth had an ACA Howler?

Sun Jul 26, 2020 5:36 pm

Avery@205 wrote:
Sun Jun 03, 2018 10:41 pm
We have what i think is the last one out there, in Cologne, MN
Bump: there is another in Hamburg MN not to far from Cologne.

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