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Topic: Jim Irwin spacesuit glove liner (help with ID)
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Ken Havekotte Member Posts: 2913 From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 05-29-2014 09:24 AM
Just came across a Jim Irwin spacesuit glove, or comfort, liner. Haven't had a chance yet to identify whether the white glove was used in training or actually flown or not, but the numbers on it are; A7L-103056-08, L/N 319, SIZE MREG, 74897, with IRWIN stamped on it. May have gotten from Irwin himself back in the 1980s. Off hand, if any cS members can help to identify, would appreciate and many thanks! |
4allmankind Member Posts: 1043 From: Dallas Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 05-29-2014 12:06 PM
I'm very certain his estate offered one, or both, of the flown gloves at Odyssey in the early-90's. I'll get back with you asap. |
james f. ruddy Member Posts: 59 From: Rancho Mirage, CA Registered: Nov 2008
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posted 05-29-2014 03:36 PM
A James Irwin comfort glove was sold in an April 2006 Aurora auction. They listed it as flown, however there is a note in the catalog that I purchased that said "not flown". The identification was listed as "A7L-1103056-07, L/N: 319 Size MREG 74897, Irwin." |
Ken Havekotte Member Posts: 2913 From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 05-29-2014 03:56 PM
Thanks guys, but mine was not acquired by an auction. I may retrieve some notes made from it, if I can only locate them, as I had forgotten about having it for so many years.Any other help would be appreciated, though, as I usually don't specialize in collecting spacesuit artifacts, but did own for many years a pair of used/flown lunar surface backpack PLSS straps. |
moonnut Member Posts: 248 From: Andover, MN Registered: Apr 2013
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posted 05-29-2014 06:32 PM
LOL, must be nice to stumble upon something like a possible flown Irwin artifact amongst your stuff, not remembering when you got it. I found a twenty dollar bill in my pants pocket before I did the laundry once and thought... SCORE!!! You trumped that one. Hahaha |
Ken Havekotte Member Posts: 2913 From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 05-30-2014 08:04 AM
Yes, indeed, it's a comfort or a "rebirth" so-to-speak to me when locating an item either forgotten about or misplaced for so many years.Being an avid collector for so many decades, though, some space artifacts and material have never been re-discovered or re-located. I've had an early set — my first actually — of Apollo crew-signed insurance covers, a flown Apollo 9 Robbins medallion from Aldrin, and just recently a "lost" flame trench brick from Pad 39A that I remember seeing two months ago! Any other "missing" space lots out there, or is it just me (LOL)? |
Joel Katzowitz Member Posts: 808 From: Marietta GA USA Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 05-31-2014 07:00 AM
I'm missing some items and it sounds like I may have accidentally left them at your house. It looks like I'll need to come down and "reclaim" them. Ha ha. |
Ken Havekotte Member Posts: 2913 From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 05-31-2014 10:38 AM
I'll tell you what, Joel, next time you're visiting here on the Space Coast, C'mon over to my place(s) and if you find anything referred to, it's yours! I really do need to locate the "missing brick" that I was going to ask your help on anyway with a graphic design presentation. |
Shuttle Endeavour Member Posts: 234 From: Freehold, NJ, USA Registered: Aug 2013
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posted 05-31-2014 05:04 PM
I will look too lol! |