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Subject: [Leica] [OM] IMG: Another from the Archives
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 15:13:31 -0600
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Thanks, Nathan.  I was quite surprised that this image has had 70 views, 
quite high for my Gallery.  I spent my 20s and early 30s completing, 
calibrating and conducting tests in this facility.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 2/14/2017 3:05 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> This is a real cool image, Jim! It is great to see American technology and 
> ingenuity in these dark times.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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>> On 10 Feb 2017, at 19:36, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
>>
>> This image shows a small part of the Wind Tunnel 16T Control Room during 
>> a test of space capsule recovery systems in the late 1950s.  All of the 
>> controls and instrumentation were still analog.  The left panel contained 
>> the controls for the flexible nozzle that could cover the range from Mach 
>> 0.5 to 1.6.  The right panel controlled the compressor system.  I'm the 
>> Project Engineer, adjusting the TV system.  I even had hair in those 
>> days.  Note the Speed Graphic and bag of film holders above my head.  The 
>> gentleman in the foreground was the General Electric engineer on this 
>> test.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Tunnel+16T+Control+Room.jpg.html
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>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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