So I was in Apalach a couple of weeks ago, looking around an antique shop while waiting on someone, when I stumbled onto a framed page out of Life magazine featuring one of the post-WW2 White Sands V-2 launches:
Hmmm. Had to get it. Then, after getting home I had to pop it out of its frame to straighten it up, only to find two launch pictures on the back:
Well that was pretty cool. Can't show off both sides at once, but I can take a picture of the page and look at that anytime I wish. But there was one more thing. The paint scheme looked familiar. Many of the White Sands launches had a unique paint scheme, some with roll patterns, some with wild stripes, etc. But this one looked strangely familiar. Here we go:
Shot #3, May 10, 1946. The magazine page is dated May 27th. I built a model of it circa 1995. As you can see from the dings on the fins and the black powder stains, this model has had a few flights of its own.
Small world.
Monday, May 12, 2014
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