Lot 89
Armstrong, Neil. Report of Neil Armstrong’s January 17, 1958 test flight of the Lockheed F-104A Starfighter #734 – 11 original documents including one filled out by Armstrong! 11¾ x 9 in., Edwards Air Force Base, CA
Jan. 17, 1958. Manila folder tabbed "F-104A – 734 / Flt 14 / 1-17-58 Basic" containing 11 original documents relating to Neil Armstrong’s January 17, 1958 test flight of the F-104A #734 at the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Also present is a photocopy of Neil Armstrong’s official report of the test flight, filled out by him on an 8.5" x 11" printed form.
Stapled to the inside is an official 10½ x 8 in. carbon of a typed report, stamped "CONFIDENTIAL" in ink at top and bottom, signed in type "Neil A. Armstrong / Aeronautical Research Engineer / and Pilot." In part, "At 40,000 feet with the heated gages energized with 30 volts, the airplane was accelerated from 0.90 to 1.80 IMN. After a 30 second stabilized run, the aircraft was further accelerated to 1.98 IMN and stabilized for 30 seconds. 1 and 2 g stabilized runs were obtained at 1.6 IMN. A deceleration to 0.90 IMN completed the recorded data…" In the folder are five printed forms, 10½ x 8 in., filled out in pencil with hundreds of figures relating to the Flight No. 14 that only a rocket scientist could understand. Four 33 x 14¾ in. computer printouts of numbers, three headed in ink, one in pencil, are present, titled "F-104 A 734# / Flight 14 Mach Numbers / [Old Calibration}," "Mach Numbers F-104A 734# [New Calibration] / Flight 14," "F-104A 734# / Flight 14," and "F-104A 734# / Flight 14 Angle of Attack." Also Included is a 10½ x 8 in. page of flight-related handwritten notes. Neil Armstrong has personally filled out in pencil, but not signed, an 11 x 8½ in. form headed "Zero Correction Sheet." Armstrong has handwritten the Flight Number "14" and the date "1/17/58" and corrected three "Angle of Attack" numbers writing "#1 (+.005 / #2 (-.005) / #3 (-.015)," three "Angle of Sideslip" numbers noting "#1 (Ø) / #2 (-.01) / #3 (-.005)," four "3 Component" numbers noting "#1 -.005 / #2 Ø Long / Ø Vert / Ø Trans," and, at the bottom, "A/8 Ø / Alt Ø." We are not certain if any of the 10 other documents in this archive are in Neil Armstrong’s hand. Included is a printed NASA photograph of the Lockheed F-104A – 734 Starfighter on a lakebed at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California, November 16, 1960.
Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500.
|
| |
| Unsold |
