50 years ago today - First man in space

[Tango13]

dr_gn said:

This is the one I've got:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Starman-Truth-Behind-Legen...

New edition now available I think.

It was a tie-in with a BBC Documentary of the same name, back in about 1999 IIRC.

That's the one, saves me posting the details One of the books on there "Red Moon Rising" is also worth a read if only for the rather unique way of stopping a LOX leak

[simonrockman]

I'd recommend read moon rising.[url]

Here is a very old picture of me at Baikonur

|http://thumbsnap.com/3NvT4N1t[/url]

[knight]

I found these photos at my parents, taken by my granddad when Gagarin came to Manchester after his trip into space.

[jmorgan]

Bloody hell. Superb.

[Simpo Two]

Unique archive stuff!

He must have hand-printed them as the contrast between the full shot and the crop is so different.

[knight]

I asked my dad to scan them so he might have fiddled with them in doing so

[mrmr96]

Thats prett awseome. Thanks for sharing.

[knight]

No problem, I'm just glad my mum didn't chuck them out as she thought she might have done!

[Simpo Two]

Guessing that the building in the b/g was 'Redpath Brown' I found this:

http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/wiki/Redpath,_Brown_a...

which leads to:

http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/wiki/1937_The_Aeropla...
http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/wiki/1939_Suppliers_t...


Should keep Eric busy for a while!

[Eric Mc]

Smashing pictures. It would have been a crime to chuck them out.

I just finished reading "Starman" yesterday too.