Tuesday 15 July 2014

Alex Schomburg Gallery 1

(1953)
 
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(1954) 

 
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 (1954)

Steve

6 comments:

  1. Heres the 2/3rd picture in real life,a rare shot of a spacesuited pilot operating a pogo rocket belt
    http://rocketbelts.americanrocketman.com/pogo/POGO_test_vehical.jpg
    and heres pic 6/7 the rocket chair
    http://rocketbelts.americanrocketman.com/rocket-chair.html

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    1. I met some of the guys who flew those vehicles, at a rocket belt conference in 2006. Bell really built some wonderful contraptions, but were unable to persuade the Pentagon or NASA to buy any of them.

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    3. Cheers Bill. Their time may come round again!

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  2. I was browsing youtube and found a series called L5,you can see the spacesuits starting at 12:00 and some good shots at 17:25
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=padMOR9iZMM

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