a04 (AS-501)_v_bw_o_n (ca. Sep. 1967, World Book Ency. Sci. Svc. photo)
A clever photograph taken August 26, 1967, during rollout of the Apollo 4/SA-501 launch vehicle.
Note the repainted & noticeably whiter “t-shaped” area extending upward/outward from the ‘vertical’ black roll pattern stripe between the “USA” lettering of the S-IC (first) stage.
Excellent reading regarding the aforementioned, along with a lot of other wonderful content at Wes Oleszewski’s delightful website:
gwsbooks.blogspot.com/2015/04/saturn-vs-vanishing-stripes...
Credit: Wes Oleszewski/”Growing Up With Spaceflight” website
a04 (AS-501)_v_bw_o_n (ca. Sep. 1967, World Book Ency. Sci. Svc. photo)
A clever photograph taken August 26, 1967, during rollout of the Apollo 4/SA-501 launch vehicle.
Note the repainted & noticeably whiter “t-shaped” area extending upward/outward from the ‘vertical’ black roll pattern stripe between the “USA” lettering of the S-IC (first) stage.
Excellent reading regarding the aforementioned, along with a lot of other wonderful content at Wes Oleszewski’s delightful website:
gwsbooks.blogspot.com/2015/04/saturn-vs-vanishing-stripes...
Credit: Wes Oleszewski/”Growing Up With Spaceflight” website