Topic: USS Alabama: STS-41D/Discovery patch display
APG85 Member
Posts: 306 From: Registered: Jan 2008
posted 09-29-2012 02:42 PM
I was on the USS Alabama yesterday and unexpectedly came across this framed flag and patch from space shuttle Discovery's first flight. Sorry about the glare.
p51 Member
Posts: 1642 From: Olympia, WA Registered: Sep 2011
posted 09-29-2012 07:24 PM
I was there a few weeks ago and missed that.
Funny how you see stuff like that in the oddest places. I was at the Golden Spike National Park in Utah (where they drove the last spike of the transcontinental RR in 1869) and they had a replica gold spike that was flown on STS-38 in a display case at the visitor center. I sure didn't think I'd see space stuff there!
APG85 Member
Posts: 306 From: Registered: Jan 2008
posted 09-30-2012 07:00 AM
Yes, space related items pop up when you least expect them. I was touring around the USS Alabama, walked into a room on the ship and there was the framed presentation hanging on the wall. Never expected it...
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999