Apollopalooza - July 15-16, 2019: C. Mac Jones represented LRD with recovery talks at Denver's Wings Air & Space Museum as part of their Apollopalooza 50th Anniversary Apollo 11 events. (Wings has LRD's water test vehicle BP-1101A displayed on their hangar floor.) C. Mac's presentation (video) on July 15 included highlights of his LRD Apollo work on BP-1101/1101A and Apollo launch site recovery emergency access Jammed Hatch Kit. On July 16 C. Mac participated in an Apollo Veterans Panel (video) with two other veterans - Tom Thayer who worked on reentry corridors at TRW and Wayne Ottinger who worked on the LLRV/LLTV at Bell. The Denver Post ran a front page article on July 20, 2019.
Photos by Priscilla Jones:
Apollopalooza Pass
C. Mac & BP-1101A
Recovery Presentation
Apollo Veterans Panel
C. Mac on Panel
Post-Panel Discussion
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