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Forum:	Mercury - Gemini - Apollo
Topic:	Stabilized video: Neil Armstrong's LLTV ejection

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: [B]A Reddit user ([URL=http://www.reddit.com/r/ImageStabilization/comments/27z7r3/eject/ci5suaq]Theodore Funkenstein[/URL]) has stabilized the footage of Neil Armstrong's May 6, 1968 ejection from the Lunar Landing Training Vehicle (LLTV) at Ellington Field (then Air Force Base) in Houston. ([URL=http://www.flyingmag.com/pilots-places/pilots-adventures-more/video-crash-could-have-killed-neil-armstrong]via[/URL]) <center><iframe src="https://mediacru.sh/jvAwy5CRRzV2/frame" frameborder="0" allowFullscreen width="400" height="263"></iframe></center> You can see an alternate view of the stabilization footage [URL=http://gfycat.com/InsignificantLightheartedIguana]here[/URL]. And here's the original for comparison: <center><iframe width="400" height="300" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/mBlNfFcV6ns?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>[/B][/QUOTE]
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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#ffffff" FACE="sans-serif">T O P I C     R E V I E W</font></CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="sans-serif">Robert Pearlman</FONT></TD><TD><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="sans-serif">A Reddit user (<A HREF="http://www.reddit.com/r/ImageStabilization/comments/27z7r3/eject/ci5suaq" TARGET=_blank>Theodore Funkenstein</A>) has stabilized the footage of Neil Armstrong's May 6, 1968 ejection from the Lunar Landing Training Vehicle (LLTV) at Ellington Field (then Air Force Base) in Houston. (<A HREF="http://www.flyingmag.com/pilots-places/pilots-adventures-more/video-crash-could-have-killed-neil-armstrong" TARGET=_blank>via</A>)<P><center><iframe src="https://mediacru.sh/jvAwy5CRRzV2/frame" frameborder="0" allowFullscreen width="400" height="263">

You can see an alternate view of the stabilization footage here. And here's the original for comparison:

golddog

That really puts into perspective how close he was to drifting down into the fireball of the crash.

space1

Really cool!

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