191955656877: Flown space shuttle tile

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Author	Topic: 191955656877: Flown space shuttle tile
randyc Member Posts: 779 From: Chandler, AZ USA Registered: May 2003	posted 09-01-2016 08:25 PM There is a shuttle tile on eBay with the following identification: DM7886-001 TPS-3 JH0902 V070-391147-017 It has red RTV on the bottom and is being advertised as flown, but I have never seen a flown tile identified like this. Could this be a flown tile or does the identification mean it's a tile used in testing?
Chuckster01 Member Posts: 873 From: Orlando, FL Registered: Jan 2014	posted 09-02-2016 05:31 AM It would appear to me that the red on the bottom of this tile is more like paint than RTV and except for a reference to -017 I see nothing on the paperwork that would indicate it was flown, Just scrapped? I would not think this was a flown tile.
CMikeW Member Posts: 89 From: United States Registered: Apr 2013	posted 09-03-2016 06:01 AM The paperwork's serial number doesn't match the serial number on the tile. My guess is that the tile up for auction is another -017 tile, not the one noted on the paperwork. Flown/un-flown: can't tell from what I see here.

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