FLEET DAY 2007
Veteran Astronuat John Young speaks during the official memorial ceremony honoring the crew of Apollo One.
Region Two takes a break during the many speeches.
The Starfleet memorial wreath at the Astronaut Memorial.
Members of Region 2 pose with the wreath. The gentleman in the suit and tie is Dr. Stephen Feldman, President of the Astronaut Memorial Foundation, who made a point of joining us for our photo
Region 2 took over the restaurant for lunch.
Towaway's new hat!
In the shadow of a Saturn 1-B rocket the Space Station Andromeda is commissioned.
Captain Alvin Dozier and his crew with Region 2 RC Jack "Towaway" Eaton.
To commemorate the commissioning and Alvin's promotion Towaway presents Alvin with a "Ready to Launch" NASA pin..
Alvin was not harmed during the promotion ceremony.
The "official photo-op".
Towaway immediaetly tried launching yet another shuttle
Alvin on the bus tour.
Close-up of a shuttle launch pad.
Part of the tour included close-up views of NASA hardware.
Jim and Noah Cozine got to meet Skylab astronaut Gerry Carr.
The Vehicle Assembly Building.
Anselmo looks at a model of Skylab thinking, "I could build one of these!"
Nick Roche, Alvin Dozier and Andrew Miller make a new friend.
Valeria Solorzano, Noah and Wendy Cozine after their visit to the gift shop.
Our reason for next year's visit; the Shuttle Launch Simulator.
Our hotel.
Noah is ready to go Sunday morning.....Towaway; not so much.
Space Walk of Fame in Titusville.
There is a tile like this for each of the Mercury and Gemini space walks.
In the center of the park is a memorial to the Mercury program. The bronze plaques have hand prints of some of those early poineers of space.
Our caravan played loose with the parking regulations in Titusville to visit another nearby astronaut memorial.
This one included individual memorials for the Apollo and Shuttle astronauts who had died in the line of duty. Wendy and Noah stop by the plaque for Christa McAuliffe
The Space Walk Museum was closed so we decided to go bowling.
Crews of the Gasparilla, Guardian and Trident hit the lanes.
Ralph Planthold shows his stlye.
The geek in us notices that the control panel for the scoreboard look like part of the bridge of the Enterprise.
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