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cfreeze79
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From: Herndon, VA, USA
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posted 05-17-2016 04:06 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for cfreeze79   Click Here to Email cfreeze79     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thoughts on this eBay auction for a Bridgestone space shuttle tire?
Being offered is this Space Shuttle Tire and Wheel that were surplussed from NASA Langley Research Center.

...my research has not been able to verify that Bridgestone Tires were ever used on the Space Shuttle, so this tire and wheel most likely were a part of the Space Shuttle Tire Testing Program preformed at NASA Langley Research Center.

Anyone with other information please feel free to share. Tire tread shows wear as does the wheel. Tire is stamped Bridgestone Airplane Tire and is marked with the following information:

Boeing Part No on tire is S160T201-342 or S160T201-3421
H46x18.0-20 28PR
APS01412-A
Speed Rating 225 MPH
Load Rating 44200 LBS
Manufactured on 24th of May, 1988

Bendix Rim is stamped with the following information:
H46x18-20 or H45x17-20
PN2606942
Manufactured on 5-91

Robert Pearlman
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posted 05-17-2016 04:18 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The surplus auction where this and other tires were offered was discussed here.

GACspaceguy
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posted 05-18-2016 04:18 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for GACspaceguy   Click Here to Email GACspaceguy     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I asked my landing gear engineer as he worked for Michelin and supported the shuttle tire program. "The only approved flight tire was the BF Goodrich tire which later became a Michelin through acquisition."

He was going to look into it some more incase the wheel itself may be a shuttle part.

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