Antiques Roadshow: Friendship 7's Antenna

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Author	Topic: Antiques Roadshow: Friendship 7's Antenna
thisismills Member Posts: 262 From: Michigan Registered: Mar 2012	posted 05-11-2017 08:04 AM On the latest episode of Antiques Roadshow, the granddaughter of USS Noa's Captain, which famously recovered John Glenn after the first American orbital space flight, brought in this artifact for appraisal.
MarylandSpace Member Posts: 1336 From: Registered: Aug 2002	posted 05-11-2017 09:47 AM I hope the Captain didn't snap it off like kids used to snap off hood ornaments... Just kidding. Awesome artifact.
Hart Sastrowardoyo Member Posts: 3445 From: Toms River, NJ Registered: Aug 2000	posted 05-11-2017 10:36 AM Heh! You must have grown up in a rather benign community, because in my hood, it was the antennas that were snapped off, not the hood ornaments.
MarylandSpace Member Posts: 1336 From: Registered: Aug 2002	posted 05-11-2017 12:36 PM Now I remember. My Dad had to buy a replacement antenna to slip over the antenna stub and screw on. Probably at R & S Auto Stores in NJ. The hood ornaments were from "upscale cars" and then worn on chains around one's neck.

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