New York Daily News
Press Photo
These two cool pictures of the Martin Glider at the NY Worlds Fair 1964 appear on the fascinating Worlds Fair Community forum. I asked the forum admin if I could post them, who replied : Hi Woodsy, I'm ok with the two pics that I posted in that
topic, as long as you attribute them the same way they are attributed in our
topic (New York Daily News and Press Photo). Randy T.
There are more great pics on the WFC forum of this yellow Glider at various stages of its life. Has anyone seen the glider in the flesh?
POSTSCRIPT: here's the similar Tri-ang SpaceX miniature toy version - in blue, centre-stage:
POSTSCRIPT: here's the similar Tri-ang SpaceX miniature toy version - in blue, centre-stage:
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I saw it in the flesh at the 1964 WF. And again a decade or more later for a Boy Scout trip to the area. At least at that point, the exhibit was still up.
I recall vaguely that there was a film, followed by the glider actually "docking" with the station and a dummy moving from one to the other.
I also have fond memories of the WF exhibit that Douglas Trumbull worked on--the "world of tomorrow" that showed cities under the sea, large-wheeled rovers on the Moon and more.
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