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ea757grrl
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posted 07-18-2006 03:21 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ea757grrl   Click Here to Email ea757grrl     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Hey y'all,

I've lurked here a while and learned a lot. There appear to be some great folks on here, and I've enjoyed what I've read.

Now to a plea for help. I've been looking for a good, clear picture of the flag for the orbiter Columbia. You can see it in the picture I've linked below; it's flying below the American flag:
http://www.mindspring.com/~ea757grrl/ov102-flag.jpg

I've been looking for a clear picture or scan of it so I can draw it in Illustrator and place it among Columbia's mission emblems in a framed display I'm working on. However, I've had no luck. Can any of y'all help me?

Feel free to respond privately if you'd prefer. Thanks in advance for your help!

Jodie Peeler

Robert Pearlman
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posted 07-18-2006 03:35 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Not sure how helpful this is, but its a shot of the flag I took prior to the launch of STS-109.

ea757grrl
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posted 07-18-2006 04:15 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ea757grrl   Click Here to Email ea757grrl     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thank you very much! That should be a good start for my project. I sure do appreciate it.

jodie

KSCartist
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posted 07-18-2006 06:20 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for KSCartist   Click Here to Email KSCartist     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Hi Jodie-

Welcome to cS. Not that I want to put you off your project, but you can also purchase a flag patch on ebay.

But being an artist, I'd rather do what you're doing. Are you including all 28 Columbia patches?

Tim

ea757grrl
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posted 07-18-2006 08:29 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ea757grrl   Click Here to Email ea757grrl     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
hi Tim --

Thanks for the welcome! I'm finding out firsthand how helpful y'all are.

I am planning to have all 28 mission patches in my display, along with a few Columbia-related trinkets I've picked up over the years and a nice 8x10 of the orbiter. It's a long-term project, and I'm still toying with how to arrange things in it, but it means a lot to me (as did Columbia -- no real connection other than I grew up with the Shuttle program) and it's worth the effort.

Thanks for the tip on the flag patches. I may yet go looking for one, but, I have to tell you, drawing it in Illustrator is kind of a neat challenge. I sometimes do freelance model decal artwork, and it helps me keep in fighting trim for those projects. It's neat when you can say "hey, I did that!"

Thanks again for the help and the welcome!

jodie

Tom
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posted 07-18-2006 08:47 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Tom   Click Here to Email Tom     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Just wondering, when did NASA start flying "orbiter flags" at the press site for launches?
Thanks.

OV-105
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posted 07-18-2006 10:51 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for OV-105   Click Here to Email OV-105     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I want to say STS-49 for the first launch Endeavour.

[This message has been edited by OV-105 (edited July 18, 2006).]

Ben
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posted 07-19-2006 01:00 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ben   Click Here to Email Ben     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Before that it appears. The first proof I have is STS-39 in April 1991. It was not flying at STS-26 in Sept 88.

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OV-105
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posted 07-19-2006 01:35 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for OV-105   Click Here to Email OV-105     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I was going by what I had seen at Dryden during missions and landings. STS-49 was the first flight that they flew a flag for. After that when a flight was up they flew that shuttle's flag. When there were astronauts on MIR LDF they flew the Shuttle/Mir flag also while the astronaut was on Mir. Anyone know if they have an ISS flag?

DavidH
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posted 07-20-2006 10:36 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for DavidH   Click Here to Email DavidH     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I'd have to go look for sure, but that appears to be one next to the Discovery flag in this picture from MSFC:

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