• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1956–1959

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 82665

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 1R5 1U4 1U5 3V4

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage and/or dry batteries / 1.5 / 67.5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm

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

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline GEN-1090A - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 7 x 5.25 x 2.5 inch / 178 x 133 x 64 mm

• Notes

• The Montgomery Model Airline GEN-1090A is a Battery Operated Portable 4 Tube AM Receiver.

  Model GEN-1090A: Tan

  Model Airline 1091: Red

  Model Airline 1092: Green

• Price in first year of sale
• 17.95 $

• Circuit diagram reference
• Beitman Radio Diagrams Vol. 17, 1957

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

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 3-57, Set 350, Folder 2)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall/Winter 1956/57, page 788. Fall/Winter 1957/58, page 788. Spring/Summer 1958, page 525.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Spring/Summer 1959, page 626.)

• Author
• Model page created by Egon Penker. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 2294 models, 1462 with images and 1791 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