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Topic: Smithsonian Natl. Air and Space Museum patch
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GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2474
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 01-08-2015 10:14 AM
   
Does anyone recognize this Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum patch? What is it and what is the symbol in the center?  |
Liembo
Member Posts: 583
From: Bothell, WA
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 01-08-2015 01:24 PM
The orbital path reminds me of Ulysses, but the probe does not (at least not identically). |
SpacemanT
New Member Posts: 6
From:
Registered: Jan 2015
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posted 01-08-2015 01:44 PM
Maybe it's a stylistic representation of Voyager or Pioneer. |
spacenerd01
New Member Posts: 3
From: Fairfax, VA USA
Registered: Jan 2015
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posted 01-08-2015 03:11 PM
Hello! I work at the National Air and Space Museum and I can tell you that the object in the middle of the patch is an overhead view of the 1903 Wright Flyer. I have to admit though, that the in question image does look something like a deep space probe! |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2474
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 01-08-2015 05:27 PM
I see it now! Welcome to your first post and I thank you so much!!! |
Rocketman!
Member Posts: 121
From: Redmond, Washington, USA
Registered: Dec 2007
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posted 01-09-2015 12:37 AM
When the Smithsonian opened the (then) new flagship Air and Space building on the Washington, D.C. Mall in 1976, I got one of these patches. I have never seen another example until now. I had my mother sew the patch on a baseball cap. You can see from the photo that it got a lot of use.Note the differences between my original version and the apparently new copy pictured in the opening post. The central artwork is oriented differently relative to the text. The thread direction on the Earth also looks to be different.  |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2474
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 01-09-2015 04:53 AM
Thanks. I do not think the one I have is new. I was found in a collection of an older fellow, who passed away. It was amoung all of his Boy Scout patches.Intersting in the variations though. |
p51
Member Posts: 1642
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 01-09-2015 05:09 PM
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Originally posted by GACspaceguy:
I see it now!
Yeah, me too, after removing my glasses and doing a lot of squinting... |
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