a09_v_bw_o_n (MTF photo, no. 67-1265, verso hand-annotated 4-5-67)
Vehicle identification is based on, in conjunction with the hand-annotated date on the verso, the following excerpts:
“The S-IC-4 stage arrived at MSFC [this is a little misleading, as technically, the MTF was organizationally a part of MSFC, but not geographically] on April 4 aboard the barge Pearl River. The following day Boeing personnel placed the stage in the MTF S-IC static test stand.”
Above at/from:
www.hq.nasa.gov/pao/History/MHR-5/part-8.htm
And:
“…the 124-meter-tall test stand at the Mississippi Test Facility is hoisting the first operational S-IC first stage for the Saturn V into test position.”
www.hq.nasa.gov/pao/History/SP-4206/ch3.htm
Specifically:
www.hq.nasa.gov/pao/History/SP-4206/p75b.jpg
Interestingly, thanks to the remarkable inherent photo resolution & my gracious 1200 dpi scanning, a “SIC-T4-2” placard affixed to the handrail of the B-1/B-2 Test Stand’s walkway is easily legible, almost directly above the upper right F-1 engine.
Finally, I’m assuming the large, apparently ribbed cylindrical object, wrapped & strapped(?) down to the deck of “Pearl River” to be an F-1 engine nozzle extension. Makes sense it/they would’ve accompanied the S-IC stage, right? However, would all FIVE fit on one barge? I have a photo from another perspective, of “Pearl River”, and it doesn’t look like there’s that much cargo capacity aft of the bridge.
Really a superb photo, further enhanced by the subject matter. Still of superior gloss, the obvious fingerprint near the upper left corner does not detract. And get this, it's part of the original photographic processing...therefore not unique to this photo, there's absolutely no relief to it when viewed obliquely. Not to be a dick, but I think the print should be run through AFIS, and the guy responsible, along with his non-existent "QC" supervisor should both be posthumously suspended, demoted or something like that.
Peripheral, but informative...and it includes pics & references to S-IC-4:
www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum29/HTML/001915.html
Credit: collectSPACE website
a09_v_bw_o_n (MTF photo, no. 67-1265, verso hand-annotated 4-5-67)
Vehicle identification is based on, in conjunction with the hand-annotated date on the verso, the following excerpts:
“The S-IC-4 stage arrived at MSFC [this is a little misleading, as technically, the MTF was organizationally a part of MSFC, but not geographically] on April 4 aboard the barge Pearl River. The following day Boeing personnel placed the stage in the MTF S-IC static test stand.”
Above at/from:
www.hq.nasa.gov/pao/History/MHR-5/part-8.htm
And:
“…the 124-meter-tall test stand at the Mississippi Test Facility is hoisting the first operational S-IC first stage for the Saturn V into test position.”
www.hq.nasa.gov/pao/History/SP-4206/ch3.htm
Specifically:
www.hq.nasa.gov/pao/History/SP-4206/p75b.jpg
Interestingly, thanks to the remarkable inherent photo resolution & my gracious 1200 dpi scanning, a “SIC-T4-2” placard affixed to the handrail of the B-1/B-2 Test Stand’s walkway is easily legible, almost directly above the upper right F-1 engine.
Finally, I’m assuming the large, apparently ribbed cylindrical object, wrapped & strapped(?) down to the deck of “Pearl River” to be an F-1 engine nozzle extension. Makes sense it/they would’ve accompanied the S-IC stage, right? However, would all FIVE fit on one barge? I have a photo from another perspective, of “Pearl River”, and it doesn’t look like there’s that much cargo capacity aft of the bridge.
Really a superb photo, further enhanced by the subject matter. Still of superior gloss, the obvious fingerprint near the upper left corner does not detract. And get this, it's part of the original photographic processing...therefore not unique to this photo, there's absolutely no relief to it when viewed obliquely. Not to be a dick, but I think the print should be run through AFIS, and the guy responsible, along with his non-existent "QC" supervisor should both be posthumously suspended, demoted or something like that.
Peripheral, but informative...and it includes pics & references to S-IC-4:
www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum29/HTML/001915.html
Credit: collectSPACE website