Where my Caravan hath Rested.
MPN11,
Divert away whenever and however you like, my dear sir ! And, as soon as you can, please tell us about the turntable operation with the MPN11/CPN-4. I worked a CPN-4 from autumn '58 to autumn '62, and never heard of such a thing in my experience.
It must have come into operation some time after that. It was so obvious a solution (and I suppose there was really no reason why you couldn't put it in the centre of the "cocked hat" and serve all six runway directions, if you wanted). For that matter, it could have been used with the MPN-1, and saved a lot of trouble all round!
The railways must have been substantial, and did you have four concentric circles (in which case getting the eight road wheels up on the "castors" must have been fun) - or did they do it like a railway loco, with one long bridge across, and you could haul the whole lot up on it ?
Will have a look on Google (never know your luck !) .....D.
EDIT: Yes ! "GCA operation on Turntable" "AN/MPN 14k" (Didn't get far)..D
Last edited by Danny42C; 22nd Aug 2013 at 00:28.