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edorr
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posted 03-13-2020 03:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for edorr   Click Here to Email edorr     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Back in the 1960s, North American Aviation published a quarterly 32-page glossy-paper magazine entitled "Skyline." I acquired a number of these a few years ago.

Despite the slant you would expect from a corporate publication, I found the contemporary accounts of the ongoing work on the Apollo hardware to be rather interesting. There are also a bunch of photos I've never seen anywhere else, showing some nice details of the hardware and the processes employed to produce it and analyze its performance.

I thought them interesting enough to share, so I scanned them and have uploaded them to a page where you can peruse them. Enjoy!

Jurg Bolli
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posted 03-13-2020 08:01 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Jurg Bolli   Click Here to Email Jurg Bolli     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks, this is great.

holcombeyates
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posted 07-06-2022 10:09 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for holcombeyates   Click Here to Email holcombeyates     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
This is a great series of stories. Thanks for sharing.

Headshot
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posted 07-07-2022 07:45 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Headshot   Click Here to Email Headshot     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yes, this is wonderful. Many thanks.

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