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Topic: Photo of the week 397 (June 2, 2012)
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heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 06-01-2012 03:00 PM
After the historic Gemini 6/7 space rendezvous, Gemini 6 command pilot Wally Schirra uses paper plates to play the role of a deck landing officer at the Cape Kennedy crew quarters during a reunion with Gemini 7 crewmembers Frank Borman and Jim Lovell. Watching the antics is Gemini 6 pilot Tom Stafford. Ed Hengeveld |
onesmallstep Member Posts: 1310 From: Staten Island, New York USA Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 06-01-2012 04:15 PM
Nice candid shot. I see Stafford, just over Schirra's shoulder, is aiming a flashlight in the Gemini 7 crew's direction while Wally acts the part of an LSO or 'Paddles'. Maybe Stafford was imitating a Fresnel Lens optical landing system, already in use aboard US carriers instead of the traditional LSOs with canvas paddles? If so, even Navy man Lovell wouldn't be able to decipher if Wally meant 'Wave off' or 'Cut' with Air Force man Stafford shining his light around! |
moorouge Member Posts: 2454 From: U.K. Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 06-03-2012 06:29 AM
quote: Originally posted by onesmallstep: Maybe Stafford was imitating a Fresnel Lens optical landing system, already in use aboard US carriers instead of the traditional LSOs with canvas paddles?
Another British invention that was left to our trans-Atlantic cousins to develop. |
garymilgrom Member Posts: 1966 From: Atlanta, GA Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 06-03-2012 06:40 AM
Easy to be happy when you didn't have to spend 14 days inside the Gemini capsule!Great to see Wally so happy and smiling. |
LM-12 Member Posts: 3208 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 06-04-2014 02:31 PM
Launch day photo S65-56159 shows Wally Schirra and Tom Stafford at breakfast enjoying some cartoons from their fellow astronauts. One of the cartoons seems to show Gemini 7 waving them in with paddles for rendezvous. Perhaps Schirra had the cartoon in mind when the post-flight photo was taken. |