Apollo Test Capsule - Winslow, AZ
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote
N 35° 01.965 W 111° 01.272
12S E 498066 N 3876675
An actual Apollo Test Capsule is on display at Meteor Crater in Winslow Arizona.
Waymark Code: WMR30G
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 05/04/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member DougK
Views: 19

Not much is known about his capsule other than it is not a replica. The Roadside America website explains it as, "An Apollo test capsule sits outside as another photo-op the moon astronauts trained here". It was likely used to help astronauts train incase of a crash landing on the moon or back on earth.
Type of Aircraft: (make/model): Apollo

Tail Number: (S/N): BP #29

Construction:: original aircraft

Location (park, airport, museum, etc.): Museum

inside / outside: outside

Other Information::
BP-29 was used in uprighting drop tests at Downey, CA, Oct. 30, 1964


Access restrictions:
8am - 5pm daily.


Visit Instructions:
Photo of aircraft (required - will be interesting to see if the aircraft is ever repainted or progress if being restored)
Photo of serial number (required unless there is not one or it is a replica)
Photo(s) of any artwork on the aircraft (optional but interesting)

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