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Montblack wrote:

Mom was not too happy with us kids when we woke up our baby brother so
he could (someday) say, "I saw the moon landing." He was 6 months old at
the time g.

Heh. I did the same with my 3 month old daughter. She now says she's glad I did.

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Hey Jay - YMCA Camp in Wisconsin? Which one? I met my wife at one.

You met your *wife* in a Y*M*CA camp? Uhhh... You wouldn't prehaps be from
San Francisco, would you? snicker

Not to disapoint you but the Apollo launch control down there is a
re-creation from equipment in the orginal firing rooms. When I was working
there they moved all that gear to that spot from the real firing rooms which
were redone to accomadate the shuttle firing rooms in the LCC. It is still
pretty cool and that building was used to house simulators so that the crews
could continue to practice up until launch day.

I worked at KSC for the first seven shuttle missions and it was really neat
getting to see that stuff up close and personal. I met a couple of
astronauts and people who had worked on Apollo but I had a really surreal
experience last November. I know work for a large telecom company and they
had invited a speaker to come a talk to us. The secretary knowing of passion
for space stuff and that I had worked there asked if I could drive the our
guest speaker around and spend the afternoon with him to ensure he had all
he needed, the speaker was Alan Bean for Apollo 12.

It was a great afternoon and I got several hours of one on one time with him
but the really surreal part was when I took him into our museum specifically
to the display on Apollo gear that we had made. While we were looking at the
gear he saw a transponder that was installed in an ALSAP experiment package.
I said I was not sure what the ALSAP was but he knew, of course, and then
said that the picture of the astronaut carrying the experiment package on
the moon with eh item was him. It really made me feel strange to think that
here was that guy standing right next to me.

I got a nice picture of Capt. Bean and me plus he autographed a print of one
of his paintings. A very cool day and my best day at work for that company
in over 15 years.

Scott



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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Have you ever been down to the cape and gone through the old launch
control facility? When I was there it was completely in tact and they
staged a launch. I don't know what they used for low frequency
speakers but you thought you "were there". The whole place shook and
there was hardly a dry eye in the place.

Just got back from there two weeks ago. It was awesome!
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Hey Jay - YMCA Camp in Wisconsin? Which one? I met my wife at one.

Camp Anokojig, circa 1969.

I don't recall seeing any girls there, quite frankly!

;-)
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Not to disapoint you but the Apollo launch control down there is a
re-creation from equipment in the orginal firing rooms.

Yeah, they do mention that in the tour. The equipment is real, and
original -- it's just all been moved into a different room.

It was a great afternoon and I got several hours of one on one time with
him
but the really surreal part was when I took him into our museum
specifically
to the display on Apollo gear that we had made. While we were looking at
the
gear he saw a transponder that was installed in an ALSAP experiment
package.
I said I was not sure what the ALSAP was but he knew, of course, and then
said that the picture of the astronaut carrying the experiment package on
the moon with eh item was him. It really made me feel strange to think
that
here was that guy standing right next to me.

That is so cool. Who would ever have thought, back in those heady days,
that there would only be a handful of guys to ever land on the moon?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:
Hey Jay - YMCA Camp in Wisconsin? Which one? I met my wife at one.


Camp Anokojig, circa 1969.

I don't recall seeing any girls there, quite frankly!

If you're looking for adventure of a new and different kind, and you run across
a girl scout who is similarly inclined, don't ne nervous, don't be worried,
don't be scared -- be prepared! Tom Lehrer

George Patterson
Whosoever bloweth not his own horn, the same shall remain unblown.

Thanks, Jay. My wife would have been 3 y/o - not likey a Y-camp staff
:-) She was at Icaghowan, near Amery.

George Patterson wrote:

If you're looking for adventure of a new and different kind, and you run
across a girl scout who is similarly inclined, don't ne nervous, don't
be worried, don't be scared -- be prepared! Tom Lehrer

Har! Thanks, George. I don't want to admit the number of years that have elapsed
since I last heard that ditty.

Also, on the subject of Apollo stuff... there used to be a sort of museum at
Florence, SC on the airport. Calling it a museum perhaps gives it more dignity
than it deserves. It was really just a pile of interesting old junk. Included
amongst the objects there were some things that looked like the consoles for the
Apollo program. I think that "museum" isn't there any more, but I'm not sure. It
was there ~15 years ago.

Dave

Also, on the subject of Apollo stuff... there used to be a sort of museum
at Florence, SC on the airport. Calling it a museum perhaps gives it more
dignity than it deserves. It was really just a pile of interesting old
junk. Included amongst the objects there were some things that looked like
the consoles for the Apollo program. I think that "museum" isn't there any
more, but I'm not sure. It was there ~15 years ago.

I'm always amazed by how haphazard we are with our priceless history. A
few years ago we randomly landed at an airfield near Springfield, IL, and
were astounded to find a really cool museum of World War II "stuff".

It was obviously someone's personal collection, and that "someone" was
apparently dead, judging by the condition of the displays, and the general
lack of maintenance (or even anyone in attendance). Here were all these
priceless artifacts, untended, rotting away at some grass strip in
Illinois... One fire, or even a casual vandal, and *poof* there goes a
bunch of irreplaceable history.

Another example: There is apparently no "Airmail Museum" in America.
Anyone who knows the amazing history of the airmail pilots and planes must
surely be astounded by this gaping hole in our aviation history, and I've
often wondered at how this travesty has been allowed to happen.

Perhaps it's because aviation is still so new, but in 500 years people will
be surely be cursing us for so casually discarding much of the early legacy
of flight.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Another example: There is apparently no "Airmail Museum" in America.
Anyone who knows the amazing history of the airmail pilots and planes must
surely be astounded by this gaping hole in our aviation history, and I've
often wondered at how this travesty has been allowed to happen.

Perhaps it's because aviation is still so new, but in 500 years people
will be surely be cursing us for so casually discarding much of the early
legacy of flight.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I was fortunate to spend an afternoon with Hal Ruschenberg about 20 years
ago. He was one of the 10 original Northwest pilots. They flew the mail and
wore full leathers and a Colt 45. His airplane was a Rearwin Special and of
the 10 pilots he was the only man to survive. He had a picture of the 10
pilots and pointed to each and told of their demise.

Hal was a close friend of Benny Howard, who built the Howard DGA airplanes.
He had several fantastic stories about the early days and of flight testing
the Howard airplanes. Hal retired out of Boeing Stratocruisers and lived in
Hamilton Montana. He had the flight manual to a Stratocruiser, it had less
information in it than you'sd see in a Cherokee's manual. Hal didn't see any
need to stop at stop signs while driving out to the Hamilton Airport to see
his gorgeous DGA-11. He died a couple of months later.

One never knows what history is lurking behind some old man sitting around
the airport.

Karl