The plant in which they were made was originally called the Bendix Red Bank Division, in Eatontown, N.J. The author takes you on a bit of a trip through history: The history of military vacuum tubes, the history ofīendix Aviation, the triggering event that put Eclipse-Pioneer and Bendix Aviation in the vacuum tube business, and a history of the Bendix tube business and its important developments. These super-tubes were made by what to most people was an obscure division ofīendix Aviation Corporation. My grandfather was a vacuum tube engineer and my father developed a lot of the specialized toolingįor the Red Bank tubes.” says author Charles Hansen. Uncles, my cousin, and I all worked there at one time or another! At its peak, there were 1600 people working three shifts around the clock. “Bendix Red Bank is not so obscure! My grandfather, my father, two of my
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