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January 24th 08, 06:01 AM
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Gordon, Is This the "Beast"???
Rob Arndt wrote:
On Jan 23, 9:28�pm, "Dave Kearton" wrote: WaltBJ wrote: There was another Beast that was very tricky - the LEM moon landing simulator that got airborne on jet thrust alone. It was merely a framework, a jet engine and a very open cockpit using bleed air thrusters for attitude control. It did have a good ejection seat that saved one guy's butt when it tipped too far and he jettisoned the crate into the Indian River. Walt BJ That would have been Neil Armstrong, �he managed to get out within a millisecond of 'not getting out'. -- Cheers Dave Kearton Photos of the LEM simulator he http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4308/ch11.htm Rob Video of the event in a.b.p.a -- Cheers Dave Kearton 
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