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HUGE SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA MOBILE GROUND CONTROL ARMY JEEP AND TRAILER.

20 July 2016, 13:00 EDT
New York

US$3,000 - US$5,000

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HUGE SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA MOBILE GROUND CONTROL ARMY JEEP AND TRAILER.

4 feet 2 inches long, 1 foot 2 inches wide, and 2 feet tall detailed hand-built engineer's model of an Army Jeep, with 2 feet 1 inch long, 1 foot 2 inch wide and 1 foot 2 inch tall trailer, both in metal and composite materials, plexiglass viewing windows on roof, back and sides giving unobstructed view of the interior which includes various computer systems and electrical panels. The various control panels fitted with highly detailed decals, the whole supported with 12 rubber tires, plus 1 spare, reading "Firestone Transteel Radial. Protector Ply XR4," stencils on either side of hood and at bumper read "US ARMY. NLO92Q," a few decals to exterior, including two inclinometers, trailer stenciled on either side with "WARNING NOISE AREA. MAY CAUSE HEARING LOSS. USE PROPER EAR PROTECTION", back of trailer stenciled with "OPEN TO RUN". General Electric, c.1989.

HUGE DETAILED ENGINEER'S MODEL, THE ONLY ONE BUILT, of a mobile command center Army Jeep and trailer used during the space Shuttle Columbia landing at Robins Air Force Base, on August 20, 1989. Ferried atop a special NASA Boeing 747 jumbo jet, the Columbia was forced to divert its planned landing at the Kennedy Space Center to Robins Air Force Base due to poor weather conditions.

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