… and remembering those three brave men aboard Apollo XI who dared to risk their lives to fulfill that most awesome achievement for Humankind. Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, true heroes. I will never forget the thrill, excitement and awe...
…dear Captain! These men surely deserve our tribute. I can see the characteristic bevel inside lire lug of a CB case there? Do I see well? Cheers my friend! Abel
. . . (aside from a NASA-issued 105.012, of course!) would be the A.C.P. This example . . . . . . was posted by Anotol a few years back. Why the A.C.P.? Because the dial was made especially for a private group of auto enthusiasts in Peru. Our So Cal alpha...
… dear Art! That would be a great choice indeed. Of course I would also love to own a NASA issued example. But I feel it would be an out of my reach financial possibility and probably an invitation to an FBI visit! Lol! Cheers! Abel
. . . and there's an owner's registry with a confirmed population well short of that number. Our HSTE has an A.C.P., and Anotol owned one in the past. A few years ago, a tattered A.C.P. was offered on eBay. The seller was in Peru, and if my memory is to b...
. . . in there as well. Alphabet soup gang transliterates to ⍶βɣ. Omega declined to indulge us. So we had to settle . . . . . . for t-shirts instead. ...
I don’t know the policy of Omega to accept or refuse an order for an special marking on dial. May be it requires a large order or perhaps they don’t accept that at all.
I can’t but love the Speedmaster, in almost all it’s iterations. I just watched last night a Netflix documentary called Mission Control which focused on the ground crew for the various space programs of that era. It’s good viewing if you have access to it...
… and interesting info about film and podcasts Jay! I can well understand you. I was 20 years old in July 1969 and as most people received those images and news in newspapers and TV with awe and admiration. It was an engineering miracle and a mix of scien...