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Topic: Gemini 7: Backup crew's spoof patch
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moorouge
Member Posts: 2454
From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 09-28-2010 02:13 PM
   
I believe that there was a spoof patch done for Gemini 7 done by the backup crew. This featured an unlit torch, a lighter and the words "NEED A LIGHT - FRANK? JIM?"Has anyone seen this/got one/photograph of it? |
hoorenz
Member Posts: 1031
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 09-28-2010 02:40 PM
This was originally a paper patch, if I remember correctly. Randy Wagner of Eagle One Aerospace (the GOOD Randy) made an embroidered replica somewhere in the mid nineties. |
Joel Katzowitz
Member Posts: 808
From: Marietta GA USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 09-28-2010 07:55 PM
I have one of those patches somewhere in my studio. If you're interested, I'll track it down and send you a scan. |
hoorenz
Member Posts: 1031
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 09-29-2010 12:58 AM
I also once had one, but traded it with Joel.  |
moorouge
Member Posts: 2454
From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 09-29-2010 02:05 AM
Yes please. Perhaps I can broaden this a bit. Apart from this and the 'Roadrunner' patches, were there any other spoofs done in Gemini/Apollo? |
Jacques van Oene
Member Posts: 861
From: Houten, The Netherlands
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 09-29-2010 05:00 AM
Gemini-12 also had a funny patch....
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Go4Launch
Member Posts: 542
From: Seminole, Fla.
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 10-01-2010 05:41 PM
Both Gemini 7 and 12 backup crews had spoof designs (12 was pumpkin-themed); whether either was ever reproduced for distribution at the time is unknown but extremely doubtful, at least in any quantity. Hoorenz is correct that Randy did both, probably 200 each. I'm unaware of a paper sticker for either, but possible. |
Joel Katzowitz
Member Posts: 808
From: Marietta GA USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 10-01-2010 07:39 PM
I just emailed the GT-7 scan to you moorouge.I also found my GT-12 spoof patch. Erik, did I get that one from you as well? Let me know if you're interested in a scan of that one. |
dtemple
Member Posts: 729
From: Longview, Texas, USA
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 11-14-2010 12:01 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Go4Launch:
Both Gemini 7 and 12 backup crews had spoof designs (12 was pumpkin-themed); whether either was ever reproduced for distribution at the time is unknown but extremely doubtful, at least in any quantity.
I had a chance to ask Aldrin about the Gemini 12 "spoof" patch and he said that it existed only on paper. |
Go4Launch
Member Posts: 542
From: Seminole, Fla.
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 11-14-2010 12:55 PM
Great! Thanks for that piece of data. On this subject, I neglected to mention that Gemini 11's backup crew, Armstrong and Aldrin, also had a patch. It carried their names but otherwise mimicked the flight patch. |
Steve Procter
Member Posts: 1031
From: Leeds, Yorkshire, UK
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 11-14-2010 01:28 PM
I'm sure you meant Anders not Aldrin (I gather he and Neil did work together later...) The backup patch is actually on the Spacefacts website in the Gemini 11 section. |
Tom
Member Posts: 1597
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 11-14-2010 02:16 PM
Anyone know why, Gemini backup crew patches weren't produced for GT-8, 9, and 10? |
andrewcli
Member Posts: 328
From: La Jolla, CA, USA
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 11-14-2010 02:45 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Go4launch:
On this subject, I neglected to mention that Gemini 11's backup crew, Armstrong and Aldrin, also had a patch.
John, does this also hold true with the backup crew for Apollo 8?I remember seeing Armstrong, Aldrin, and Haise in front of the Saturn V and they were wearing their white flight suits with the beta cloth patches on them. Update: after looking at the hi-res pictures on spacefacts.de, it appears that the are wearing the Borman-Lovell-Anders patch. Nevermind.  |
spaced out
Member Posts: 3110
From: Paris, France
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 11-14-2010 03:50 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Steve Procter:
The backup patch is actually on the Spacefacts website in the Gemini 11 section.
The patch shown there appears to be a modern mockup version. Was an embroidered version actually manufactured at the time, and if so are there any photos of one? |
Tom
Member Posts: 1597
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 11-14-2010 08:05 PM
NASA photo 66-H-1200...actually shows Armstrong wearing the GT 11 backup crew patch. Photo was taken in the white room before Conrad and Gordon entered the spacecraft.
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spaced out
Member Posts: 3110
From: Paris, France
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 11-15-2010 01:55 AM
Thanks, I'd forgotten about that mention on Gene's site. He does point out that in his opinion that patch is not embroidered, which means it's unlikely an embroidered version of this design was ever actually produced at the time. |
Go4Launch
Member Posts: 542
From: Seminole, Fla.
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 11-15-2010 10:31 PM
1. Yes, Anders of course (sorry).2. I agree with Gene -- not clear exactly what the emblems are made of but not embroidered cloth. They appear to be paper cut-outs pinned to the front of their smocks. 3. Version on Spacefacts is inaccurate as the "real" ones did not have the three stars.
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Apollo 8
Member Posts: 176
From: Vienna, Austria
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 01-28-2013 04:52 AM
Has anyone a Gemini VII, XI or Gemini XII backup crew patch replica for sale? - I am looking for them to complete my Gemini patches collection... |
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