Archive consisting of a manila folder, 9 x 11.75, tabbed “F-104A – 734 / Flt 18 / 2-13-58 Basic,” containing 15 original documents relating to Neil Armstrong’s February 13, 1958, test flight of the F-104A #734 at the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
Stapled to the inside is an official 8 x 10.5 carbon of a typed report, stamped “CONFIDENTIAL” in ink at top and bottom, signed in type “Neil A. Armstrong / Aeronautical Research Engineer / and Pilot.” In part, “The flight conditions on flight 18 were 1.9 IMN at 55,000 feet. Phenanthrene was used as the subliming surface. Flight conditions were held for approximately 3 minutes.” In the folder are 12 printed forms, 8 x 10.5, filled out in pencil with hundreds of figures relating to the Flight No. 18. Also included are four 14.75 x 33 computer printouts of numbers, three headed in ink and one in pencil, are present. They are titled “F-104A 734# Flight 18 / Mach Numbers,” “F-104 A 734# Flight 18 / Mach Pass No. 1,” “F-104A 734# / Flight 18 / Angle of Attack (Uncorrected),” and “Mach Numbers [New Calibration] F-104A 734# Flight 18.” Included is an 11 x 8.5 graph relating to Flight 18 and an 8 x 10.5 flight-related handwritten note.
Neil Armstrong has personally filled out in pencil, but not signed, an 8.5 x 11 form headed “Zero Correction Sheet.” The name “Roxie” has been written in an unknown hand at the top. Armstrong has handwritten the Flight Number “18” and the date “2/13/58.” Identifying the instrument as “DR 35-2KM,” Armstrong has corrected three “Angle of Attack” numbers writing “#1 (-.015) / #2 (Ø) / #3 (-.005)” and three “Angel [sic] of Sideslip” numbers noting “#1 (-.01) / #2 (Ø) / #3 (-.005).” At the bottom Armstrong’s noted “A/8 Ø” and “ALT +.005.” In fine overall condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from University Archives. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication.
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