#STAR TREK MIND MELD FULL SIZE#

We did an extensive search but couldn't locate any of the original drawings. Replica of the Convair 240 at the right end of the cloud exhibit. From the top to the bottom they are the P-80 Shooting Star, F-9F Panther, Convair CV-240-2, A2D-1 Skyshark and the F-84 Thunderjet. The atmosphere is a 32' diameter clear acrylic disc that is 1'thick. The hemisphere diameter is 24'. The continents and ocean we silk screened on the inside. The cloud is 8 feet long and 3 feet high. Replica of the cloud on the backwall of the PROGRESS FOR THE AIR AGE exhibit Presentation on the theory of how a Allison J-35 jet engine works. POWER FOR THE AIR AGE - General Motors 2014 photoĭiscussing how a Allison J-35 jet engine works. It is cutaway so the viewer can see the parts. Below are three photographs of the original exhibit. If you are interested in the GM Futurliner restoration go to then click on the Facebook link in the upper right hand corner.

#STAR TREK MIND MELD FULL SIZE#

This particular GM Futurliner had a 'PROGRESS FOR THE AIR AGE' theme which included a full size cutaway of an Allison J-35 Jet Engine. If you would like to know the history of the GM Futurliners please see this youtube video . Originally there were 12 GM Futurliner buses and each one had a separate set of exhibits in it. Eugene Kettering (son of GM's 'Boss' Kettering) was a close friend of William Chaffee, the founder Model Builders, Inc., and also an early investor in the company. since 1950 has a long history of working on projects for GM. Ryan found our website and thought our models of planes, trains, spacecraft, interactive exhibits and cutaways were high quality so he called us. Model Builders, Inc. We were surprised and delighted last year to receive a request from Ryan DeCol of Kindig-It Design to build a replica of an exhibit that had been in a GM Futurliner they are restoring for a client.

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