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Topic: Apollo 11 Flight Plan 50th reprint (Metzinger)
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Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 44172 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-12-2019 07:30 PM
Sisters Constance and Diana Metzinger of North Olmsted, Ohio have taken to Kickstarter to produce three new reprint editions of the Apollo 11 flight plan for the mission's 50th anniversary. - Unbound edition:
The unbound version attempts to replicate the original flight plan books as closely as possible with the Page 7-1 fold-out page, the salmon-colored cover, white interior, and the five hole-punches on the left side for binder use. These books were initially delivered to the various NASA centers unbound in order to make it easier for individual revised pages to be inserted. They were later placed in binders by the men and women who were using the books. It will be shipped loose-leaf, with each book individually shrink-wrapped. - Paperback edition:
This version isn't "authentic" but I thought it would be neat to offer a paperback version with a re-designed cover for those who don't want to place it in a binder. The interior pages will be in white — or possibly cream (when the proofs are made I will see which looks best). The Page 7 foldout will be reduced to one page. Please note, that because the book is 363 pages, the paperback version does not lie flat when open. You'll just have to use your moon-rock paperweight to keep the book from closing. - Leather-bound edition:
For stellar Apollo fans. A lasting version, leather-bound in navy blue with foil lettering on the cover. - Cover: 11pt uncoated cardstock (Unbound), 12pt coated cardstock (Paperback), leather-bound with foil (Anniversary Edition)
- Innards: 70lb offset in white (Unbound), 60-70lb offset in cream or white (Paperback and Anniversary Edition)
- Binding: unbounded with drill holes for binder use and shrinkwrapped (Unbound), perfect bound (Paperback), leather bound (Anniversary Edition).
As of Saturday (Jan. 12), the project had raised $14,201 of its $14,800 goal from 160 backers. The campaign ends on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019.The Metzingers' previously raised $32,064 for their reprint of the 1967 Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Chart. (This project has no connection with the 2016 Reproduction IO flight plan re-issue.) |
David C Member Posts: 1103 From: Lausanne Registered: Apr 2012
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posted 01-13-2019 03:32 PM
I wonder if the unbound edition will be marked in some way to distinguish it from an original?
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Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 44172 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-13-2019 06:10 PM
Per Constance Metzinger on the campaign page: On most of the pages, I removed the hand-writing or marks that appeared but I did leave a few pages with handwriting on it - just to retain a bit of authenticity. If nothing else, those pages with reproduced handwriting could serve to identify the reprint as such (as the locations are the originals are known and also noted on the campaign page). |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 44172 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-19-2019 04:31 PM
To follow-up, 1,060 backers pledged $95,611, raising more than six times the project's goal. |
mike_nz Member Posts: 16 From: Canterbury, New Zealand Registered: Jun 2012
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posted 06-04-2019 09:58 PM
Any thoughts on a binder/cover suitable for the unbound version of this document? I'm considering either a heavy card set of covers like the example on this flight plan from Apollo 13. Any help finding an Apollo 11 version of this cover would be great, google search isn't turning up the goods.Alternatively, and perhaps a better storage option, would be a ringbinder (but it would be nice to find something that "looks authentic" to the period, and I'm guessing binders in the 60s weren't plastic-covered!) Everything in New Zealand is sized for A4 paper, not US Letter, so need something from state-side. Needs to be archival quality rather than an el-cheapo office folder. Happy to take any thoughts from the floor or see how you've solved the problem if you've also got this item. Thanks! |
Ronpur Member Posts: 1222 From: Brandon, Fl Registered: May 2012
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posted 06-05-2019 01:43 PM
I was wondering the same. I have seen a metal binder or rings used on them. In the meantime, I plan to get a notebook to put them in. |
Ronpur Member Posts: 1222 From: Brandon, Fl Registered: May 2012
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posted 06-30-2019 06:23 PM
I used some binder rings to give my flight plan the vintage Mission Control look. I really like it. |
Andy Anderson Member Posts: 88 From: Perth, Australia Registered: Dec 2009
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posted 07-01-2019 09:01 AM
quote: Originally posted by mike_nz; Any help finding an Apollo 11 version of this cover would be great...
Based on a copy of the flown Apollo 13 flight plan I scanned in Fort Worth and using the Apollo 11 Stowage List and a bit of Photoshop work, this might be the sort of thing you were after Mike?The Alternate Flight Plan was contained in a separate "book." |
mike_nz Member Posts: 16 From: Canterbury, New Zealand Registered: Jun 2012
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posted 07-01-2019 06:57 PM
That's great Andy, thank you! |
Andy Anderson Member Posts: 88 From: Perth, Australia Registered: Dec 2009
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posted 07-04-2019 03:32 AM
Mike, I have edited the image after having another look at the size of the cover. As well as the covers, the flown copies, in addition to the special paper and the distinctive scalloped cropping to the binding edge, had some additional pages.If you wish, send me an email to discuss further.
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Ronpur Member Posts: 1222 From: Brandon, Fl Registered: May 2012
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posted 07-02-2020 08:49 PM
quote: Originally posted by mike_nz: Alternatively, and perhaps a better storage option, would be a ringbinder (but it would be nice to find something that "looks authentic" to the period, and I'm guessing binders in the 60s weren't plastic-covered!)
No, they weren't plastic. They were cloth covered. I found one on eBay and added some label tape strips. I have no idea how authentic it looks, but I can imagine someone putting it in a binder like this.
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