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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

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!

;-)
--
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.

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"

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

Not really, just a matter of being in the right place at the right time. I
graduated in 1967 and due to the fact that I had several years of
VHF/UHF/radar experience with the airlines, I got my pick of half a dozen
RF/microwave companies in San Diego. Ryan promised me a microwave job in
the Apollo lab and I jumped at it. A few years later I found out that
Conic was making this experimental TV transmitter for Apollo 15 and I jumped
at that. Shortly thereafter I started RST and dropped out of the aerospace
ratrace.

I guess I was 25 when Apollo 11 landed...I remember that the flying club had
scheduled a lunch on Catalina Island that day and I knew I had to be home by
early afternoon to hear the touchdown...as I vaguely recall, they touched
down around 5 pm PDT. Did I get that right?

Jim



You must be older than dirt! I was an eleven year old, that spent
countless
hours sitting in a tree, with a model lander on a long kite string, doing
my
own lunar landings. g

RST Engineering wrote:

...as I vaguely recall, they touched
down around 5 pm PDT. Did I get that right?

Sounds about right. As I recall, it was late evening in East Tennessee.

George Patterson
Drink up, Socrates -- it's all-natural.

("RST Engineering" wrote)
I guess I was 25 when Apollo 11 landed...I remember that the flying club
had scheduled a lunch on Catalina Island that day and I knew I had to be
home by early afternoon to hear the touchdown...as I vaguely recall, they
touched down around 5 pm PDT. Did I get that right?


http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary...llo11info.html

Launched: 16 July 1969 UT 13:32:00 (09:32:00 a.m. EDT)

Landed on Moon: 20 July 1969 UT 20:17:40 (04:17:40 p.m. EDT)

Returned to Earth: 24 July 1969 UT 16:50:35 (12:50:35 p.m. EDT)

(from the website)
The Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA) began at 10:39:33 p.m. EDT on
July 20, 1969. Astronaut Neil Armstrong emerged from the spacecraft first.
While descending, he released the Modularized Equipment Stowage Assembly on
the Lunar Module's descent stage. A camera on this module provided live
television coverage of man's first step on the Moon. On this, their one and
only EVA, the astronauts had a great deal to do in a short time. During this
first visit to the Moon, the astronauts remained within about 100 meters of
the lunar module, collected about 47 pounds of samples, and deployed four
experiments. After spending approximately 2 hours and 31 minutes on the
surface, the astronauts ended the EVA at 1:11:13 a.m. EDT on July 21.


Much like TV's coverage of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in
Chicago the summer before - you try to stay up all night, but still have
your pillow handy just in case. Age 8 in 1968. Age 9 in 1969. Good times.
Good times :-)


Montblack

I remember it well. I was 7 and that was the latest I had ever stayed up
when not getting home from a trip. I watched every moment of the EVA and
never even started nodding off. In fact I'd bet Armstrong was asleep after
the walk before I was. I thought it was the coolest thing ever to happen.

Looking back... I was right.

Gig



"Montblack" wrote in message
...
("RST Engineering" wrote)
I guess I was 25 when Apollo 11 landed...I remember that the flying club
had scheduled a lunch on Catalina Island that day and I knew I had to be
home by early afternoon to hear the touchdown...as I vaguely recall, they
touched down around 5 pm PDT. Did I get that right?


http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary...llo11info.html

Launched: 16 July 1969 UT 13:32:00 (09:32:00 a.m. EDT)

Landed on Moon: 20 July 1969 UT 20:17:40 (04:17:40 p.m. EDT)

Returned to Earth: 24 July 1969 UT 16:50:35 (12:50:35 p.m. EDT)

(from the website)
The Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA) began at 10:39:33 p.m. EDT on
July 20, 1969. Astronaut Neil Armstrong emerged from the spacecraft first.
While descending, he released the Modularized Equipment Stowage Assembly
on the Lunar Module's descent stage. A camera on this module provided live
television coverage of man's first step on the Moon. On this, their one
and only EVA, the astronauts had a great deal to do in a short time.
During this first visit to the Moon, the astronauts remained within about
100 meters of the lunar module, collected about 47 pounds of samples, and
deployed four experiments. After spending approximately 2 hours and 31
minutes on the surface, the astronauts ended the EVA at 1:11:13 a.m. EDT
on July 21.


Much like TV's coverage of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in
Chicago the summer before - you try to stay up all night, but still have
your pillow handy just in case. Age 8 in 1968. Age 9 in 1969. Good times.
Good times :-)


Montblack