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Topic: Apollo era penlight
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bemison
New Member Posts: 8
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Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 08-24-2003 03:56 PM
  
I have what I think is an apollo era penlight that would have been used within the CSM or on SkyLab!Can anyone tell me who manufactured this penlights? Thanks. |
Rizz
Member Posts: 1208
From: Upcountry, Maui, Hawaii
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 08-24-2003 04:06 PM
Don't know who manufactured them, but here's a link to a photo of one.
http://www.nasm.edu/galleries/attm/a11.jo.ca.2.html Rizz |
Leon Ford
Member Posts: 309
From: Shreveport, LA, United States
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-24-2003 05:00 PM
I have two penlights that flew during Gemini. The first flew on Gemini 9 and was manufactured by ACR Electronics. The second flew on Gemini 11 and was manufactured by Whirlpool. Neither looks like the photo in the link above. They both are painted grey and have velcro strips on them. Leon |
nasamad
Member Posts: 2121
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 08-25-2003 05:06 AM
There are good images of the Gemini 12 penlight on the hires EVA photo of Aldrin on the NASA GRIN site, he has one attached to each leg with velcro.Haappy collecting..........Adam |
Larry McGlynn
Member Posts: 1255
From: Boston, MA
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 08-25-2003 07:22 AM
Bemison,If your flashlight looks like the one in Rizz's link, then you have an Apollo flashlight made by ACR Electronics. They are brass and should have a small strip of velcro next to the lens. I have one of the same penlights from Skylab 2/SL-3. ------------------
Larry McGlynn
A Tribute to Apollo |
bemison
New Member Posts: 8
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Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 08-26-2003 05:42 PM
Thanks for your replies. Yes, my penlight is identical to that in the link supplied by Rizz.I actually have an earlier serial number! Does anyone have any ideas on how I can trace its history within Nasa? I would assume it was used in training. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks. |
kyra
Member Posts: 583
From: Louisville CO US
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 08-26-2003 11:18 PM
Hi all,
This is probably just a coincidence, but I just posted a wanted for one of these ACR flashlights in the buy/sell section about 10 minutes ago before seeing this lively discussion ! Wow. These penlights while uncommon were used until STS-34 and beyond. Rumor has it there is one in a bag on the ISS. A friend of mine was trying to get one of these from her dad who worked in the Air Force in the 60's, so apparently they were not limited to NASA. The movie Apollo 13 really diminished the supply of these. They were given out as tokens to cast & crew.Cheers.
*kyra |
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