Aerospace artwork

[McRat]

This is just a note to myself:

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/multimedia/imagegallery/index.html

These are high res aerospace pictures that are free. Boeing now charges for their publicity photos. DOH!! EDIT = "Free" Boeing site = http://www.boeing.com/bds/gallery/index.html They have 2 libraries, pay and free.

But here's a great pic: F-104 Starfighter has a rough landing.

Not as good, but very artistic: X-15 parking.

 

[Poltergeist]

 

[McRat]

Not all NASA experiments worked as well as that F-104 and X-15 test did though ...

This aircraft could not even hit it's design altitude of 35,000' during testing:

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/images/content/300202main_ECN-4724_full.jpg

 

[Mike L.]

Looking at all the pictures of the SR71 compared to all the other fighter jets in the '60's.
we had some serious help there from someone else.

 

[Poltergeist]

I still remember when I saw an SR71 when I was a kid. I turned to my Dad and said 'I thought you said we didn't have spaceships?'. He said 'we don't'. Me - 'then what's that?' :rofl:

 

[RKTMech]

SR71 best of all time! Computers..... We dont need no stinkin computers! Americans used to make great things, what a great time period!

 

['03duramax]

Damn, I was all excited to see some badass machined parts you're inspecting. Probably just a machinist thing.

 

[MadMaxx61]

Damn, I was all excited to see some badass machined parts you're inspecting. Probably just a machinist thing.

What sucks is that I but most of his work he would not be able to take photos of as that would breech the contract he has with who he does work for.

The shop I work at is the same I make parts for things I cant even talk about with other guys in the same shop.

 

['03duramax]

What sucks is that I but most of his work he would not be able to take photos of as that would breech the contract he has with who he does work for.

The shop I work at is the same I make parts for things I cant even talk about with other guys in the same shop.

I know, I got out of aerospace recently. It's nice, no more Boeing prints, excess documentation, blacked out prints that barely show the part for gov't work, all the iso and as9100 stuff, etc...I don't miss it. But we'll see how long I stay away, it's a huge part of the NW economy.

 

[duratothemax]

Looking at all the pictures of the SR71 compared to all the other fighter jets in the '60's.
we had some serious help there from someone else.

:rofl:

 

[duratothemax]

This aircraft could not even hit it's design altitude of 35,000' during testing:

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/images/content/300202main_ECN-4724_full.jpg

looks to me like an early prototype of the stratocruiser...

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gVi5CgXQF...can_world_airlines_PAA_aircraft-wallpaper.jpg

 

[McRat]

What sucks is that I but most of his work he would not be able to take photos of as that would breech the contract he has with who he does work for.

The shop I work at is the same I make parts for things I cant even talk about with other guys in the same shop.

Yes, I'm under non-disclosure with nearly all our customers. The cool stuff, like the satellite bodies and cameras are always restricted. Consumer goods oddly enough can have tighter restrictions than the military. Golf Club guys are particularly
touchy.

About 25% of our current workload is aerospace, 50% medical devices, 20% transportation, 5% consumer goods. We have been 90%+ aerospace in the past, it comes and goes.

Most jobs no longer get paper blueprints, they are digital format or 3D models. But every once in awhile, there are very old blueprints, like for F-4 Phantom or Boeing 707 (1950's hand drawn prints).

I'm putting up some posters to decorate the walls, so I was looking for interesting shots. Picked some SR-71, Shuttle, F-4, and X-15 pics and I'm getting them printed out.

 

[McRat]

Here's what I'm using for the lobby, blown up to 54x36:

http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/im...88&mr=l&w=0&h=0&fn=2011-5787&sn=KSC-2011-5787

I call it "Last Mile Home", it is the final shuttle mission (orbiter Atlantis), being towed back to the hangar from the runaway at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and into the history books. This happened Thursday(?).

I worked on shuttle projects on and off ever since 1979, mostly while employed at McDonnell Douglas and Rockwell International. Both of those companies were absorbed by Boeing. We saw a few shuttle parts at our own shop over the years, like shearable fuel lines (2 foot diameter), and exploding bolts (4" dia, that hold the boosters) which are consumed every launch.

 

[MadMaxx61]

Yes, I'm under non-disclosure with nearly all our customers. The cool stuff, like the satellite bodies and cameras are always restricted. Consumer goods oddly enough can have tighter restrictions than the military. Golf Club guys are particularly
touchy.

About 25% of our current workload is aerospace, 50% medical devices, 20% transportation, 5% consumer goods. We have been 90%+ aerospace in the past, it comes and goes.

Most jobs no longer get paper blueprints, they are digital format or 3D models. But every once in awhile, there are very old blueprints, like for F-4 Phantom or Boeing 707 (1950's hand drawn prints).

I'm putting up some posters to decorate the walls, so I was looking for interesting shots. Picked some SR-71, Shuttle, F-4, and X-15 pics and I'm getting them printed out.

I know how it all it is. The best is when you get CAD files that they delete parts that you need to make the part. That's a crappy call as the people you talk to on the phone are not even in on what the part is.


Pat don't forget to put up a big one of Casper