"Brian, The Life of" (familycar)
01/07/2014 at 11:36 • Filed to: Spaceopnik
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"Brian, The Life of" (familycar)
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I was at my Mom's place over the Holidays and got these. She spent the last part of her career with the Shuttle program and you're looking at a pile of mission patches from the first 35 missions. By far and away, the coolest one is front and center: the Enterprise patch from the approach/glide tests they did in prior to the first space shots.
Now I'm thinking about collecting the rest. I've got a pretty good start with arguably the oldest/rarest.
Agrajag
> Brian, The Life of
01/07/2014 at 11:44 |
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These are awesome. What's the story with that Messerschmidt one?
Mattbob
> Brian, The Life of
01/07/2014 at 11:44 |
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Whats the coolest is the person who took part in all of this. I bet there are some awesome stories behind those patches.
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Brian, The Life of
> Agrajag
01/07/2014 at 11:46 |
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That was one of the astronauts on that particular mission, no relation to the German company.
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Agrajag
> Brian, The Life of
01/07/2014 at 11:50 |
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Ah, thanks.
Worst day ever for that patch maker.
"How many letters in their last name?"
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Brian, The Life of
> Mattbob
01/07/2014 at 11:52 |
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Definately. She was involved in "customer relations" which really meant her primary jerb was to coordinate visits by dignitaries/celebrities at the final assembly plant in Palmdale. She got to rub elbows with the likes of Reagan, Prince Charles, various and sundry Saudi royalty, etc, etc, etc. It was a nice way to wrap up a career with Rockwell that started when they were North American with the XB-70 program and included the B-1 program.
Osiris - I can haz Euro spec?
> Brian, The Life of
01/07/2014 at 12:03 |
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Nice! The only patches I have are from the 391st Fighter Squadron at Mountain Home AFB. Got them for hooking them up with a shit ton of computer equipment and maintaining it for them. Nothing near as awesome as your collection but I find them awesome nonetheless.
Dusty Ventures
> Brian, The Life of
01/07/2014 at 12:29 |
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I am extreme jelly