a_v_bw_o_n (ca. 1964, unnumbered Minneapolis-Honeywell Reg. Co. photo)
“Spacesuits and computers were used in combination with a simplified mockup of NASA's Apollo moonship (background) at the Aeronautical Division of Honeywell in Minneapolis, where the stabilization and control system for the three-man spacecraft was developed. In the photo engineer Bill Summers (left) made final adjustments on one of a number of computers which would feed simulated flight information to engineer-test pilot Jim O'Neil (right) when he was inside the command module mockup.
--Minneapolis-Honeywell photo”
Despite the “sepiation” of a large portion of the photograph, it’s wonderfully vivid, sharp, glossy & detailed…absolutely delightful.
A wonderful & unexpected surprise, the above description, along with the image is at the following (Adobe Acrobat page 202, of 297):
history.nasa.gov/SP-4009vol2.pdf
If the following information/identification is correct, Mr. O’Neil appears (to me) to be wearing a Mark IV full pressure suit, manufactured by Arrowhead Manufacturing Company (as a competitor to the B.F. Goodrich suit):
airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/pressure-suit-mark-...
And:
www.si.edu/object/helmet-flying-full-pressure-mark-iv-uni...
Both above credit: Smithsonian NASM website
Additionally, pertaining to the Mark IV image:
"This is a United States Navy Mark IV high altitude pressure suit. The Arrowhead Products Company made this suit in the mid-1950s at the request of the Navy as a competition suit. The B. F. Goodrich Company made a similar suit that the Navy later adopted as it as its emergency pressure suit., One interesting feature of this suit is the use of the molded rubber convolutes in the joints. These joints allowed pilots greater mobility in the arms, legs and waist than previous suits and were lighter weight, too. However, they were hard and uncomfortable for pilots while sitting in the aircraft cockpit. Nevertheless, NASA obtained this suit from the Navy during the course of evaluating pressure suits to turn into spacesuits for the Mercury program. Even though NASA opted to use the B.F. Goodrich design for Mercury, they kept the convolute joint in mind and selected the ILC Industries as the contractor for Apollo suits when that company proposed a similar joint system., NASA transferred this suit to the Museum in 1975."
At:
www.omnia.ie/index.php?navigation_function=2&navigati...
Credit: OMNIA website
Last, but certainly not least. And I may be reaching; however, could this possibly be the same Jim O’Neil??? To me, the eyes, nose, even filtrum & upper lip contour look to be of the same person. Although the timeline of his biography doesn’t fully support such, he was in a staff position at this time…so maybe?:
www.veterantributes.org/TributeDetail.php?recordID=996
Credit: Veteran Tributes website
a_v_bw_o_n (ca. 1964, unnumbered Minneapolis-Honeywell Reg. Co. photo)
“Spacesuits and computers were used in combination with a simplified mockup of NASA's Apollo moonship (background) at the Aeronautical Division of Honeywell in Minneapolis, where the stabilization and control system for the three-man spacecraft was developed. In the photo engineer Bill Summers (left) made final adjustments on one of a number of computers which would feed simulated flight information to engineer-test pilot Jim O'Neil (right) when he was inside the command module mockup.
--Minneapolis-Honeywell photo”
Despite the “sepiation” of a large portion of the photograph, it’s wonderfully vivid, sharp, glossy & detailed…absolutely delightful.
A wonderful & unexpected surprise, the above description, along with the image is at the following (Adobe Acrobat page 202, of 297):
history.nasa.gov/SP-4009vol2.pdf
If the following information/identification is correct, Mr. O’Neil appears (to me) to be wearing a Mark IV full pressure suit, manufactured by Arrowhead Manufacturing Company (as a competitor to the B.F. Goodrich suit):
airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/pressure-suit-mark-...
And:
www.si.edu/object/helmet-flying-full-pressure-mark-iv-uni...
Both above credit: Smithsonian NASM website
Additionally, pertaining to the Mark IV image:
"This is a United States Navy Mark IV high altitude pressure suit. The Arrowhead Products Company made this suit in the mid-1950s at the request of the Navy as a competition suit. The B. F. Goodrich Company made a similar suit that the Navy later adopted as it as its emergency pressure suit., One interesting feature of this suit is the use of the molded rubber convolutes in the joints. These joints allowed pilots greater mobility in the arms, legs and waist than previous suits and were lighter weight, too. However, they were hard and uncomfortable for pilots while sitting in the aircraft cockpit. Nevertheless, NASA obtained this suit from the Navy during the course of evaluating pressure suits to turn into spacesuits for the Mercury program. Even though NASA opted to use the B.F. Goodrich design for Mercury, they kept the convolute joint in mind and selected the ILC Industries as the contractor for Apollo suits when that company proposed a similar joint system., NASA transferred this suit to the Museum in 1975."
At:
www.omnia.ie/index.php?navigation_function=2&navigati...
Credit: OMNIA website
Last, but certainly not least. And I may be reaching; however, could this possibly be the same Jim O’Neil??? To me, the eyes, nose, even filtrum & upper lip contour look to be of the same person. Although the timeline of his biography doesn’t fully support such, he was in a staff position at this time…so maybe?:
www.veterantributes.org/TributeDetail.php?recordID=996
Credit: Veteran Tributes website