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On Oct 13, 9:41*am, David Spain wrote:
Alan Erskine wrote: Is it the right town? To the best of my knowledge it is. I will post more details as I get them. Dave As I recall Pat posted almost every day (or near to it) on one of the space forums etc. Last post I found for him was 9/22 or 8/24 (could be wrong) Wonder if he took sick and was recovering at home............. doc |
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On Oct 13, 7:01*am, David Spain wrote:
David Spain wrote: Alan Erskine wrote: Is it the right town? To the best of my knowledge it is. I will post more details as I get them. Dave There have been no funeral arrangements made as yet, the body has been cremated. His parents are not surviving. There is a surviving brother, I have requested my contact information be forwarded to him. Dave Deepest sympathies, RIP and LOS, Pat. We'll see you on the other side. |
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Another lurker here - Pat posted some real gems and had an abiding
sense of humour that made s.s.h a joy to visit sometimes. Let me share one that I've kept for (yikes!) a few years. Wish I had kept more, there was, I dimly recall, one involving a piano, Kate Bush, a soviet missile battery, and some unlikely physiology. Thanks Pat Subject: New Sputnik Book Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 12:55:17 -0500 From: "Patrick Flannery" Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Newsgroups: sci.space.history References: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 "David Sander" wrote in message: I think Sputnik would have been visible on the basis that its high specular reflectivity would have reflected enough sunshine to make it stand out - if it had been painted with low-specular white then I imagine it would have been essentially invisible to the naked eye. This got me curious, so I went digging in my library- the book "Vanguard" (Martin Caidin, E.P.Dutton & Co.,1957) states that a twenty inch sphere, highly polished, will appear as a fifth or sixth magnitude star when well illuminated by the sun.Very hard to spot naked eye, but possible with any binoculars. It also has a description of building the magnesium shell for the Vanguard satellites, and what the shell consists of, that has to be read to be believed : "Brookes and Perkins will manufacture the outside of the satellite to the astonishing tolerance of only four millionths of an inch." (Is this the same Perkins that latter will manufacture other space hardware to astonishing, if incorrect, tolerances?) " There are several metal layers that are placed over the magnesium- on both the inside and the outside of the shell. First the Brookes and Perkins engineer's plate the magnesium, inside and out, with copper- then the satellite shell is polished to a very high mirror finish. Next, silver plating is added, and is also highly polished. Again the satellite undergoes it's polishing. And finally, there is added a coat of pure gold plating, after which the shell is again polished to an intense, mirror like gloss. Then the satellite is delivered to the Navy." (So, what could be worse than one service's military bureaucracy? How about TWO service's military bureaucracies....) "But this is not yet the final step! In addition to these coatings the outer surface of the satellite is given four additional surface-finishing treatments after the spheres are delivered to the government. The shells are sent by the Navy to the Research and Development Laboratories of the Army Corps of Engineers at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Here the engineers apply (over the pure gold plating) a very thin adhesive layer of silicon monoxide; next, a very thin layer of highly reflective vaporized aluminum; and, finally, a thick layer of silicon monoxide." Then, before launch, they polish the damn thing again. Pat |
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My (apparently belated) condolences.
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"Fevric J. Glandules" wrote in message ... Kulin Remailer wrote: It surprises me that you guys are this interested in someone you only know through Usenet. Have you guys ever met Pat in real life (IRL)? Nope. One of the things I value about Usenet is that the words stand alone and unfiltered by prejudice. In fact I actively avoid finding out what posters look like. I do the same thing, I avoid looking at pics or other details and prefer to know people online only by the words. Quite often I'm not all that sure who I'm replying to. But over time you tend to put together a picture. And it is quite possible to warm towards someone that you have never met. Indeed there are some individuals that I trust every bit as much as "real life friends" despite never having done more than exchange emails. Pat was 'one of the good guys'. Second that! s |
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On Oct 14, 11:48*pm, Peter Stickney wrote:
On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:00:54 -0700, wrote: Is this *our* Pat Flannery? http://www.jamestownsun.com/event/obituary/id/145730/ "Patrick C. Flannery, 54, Jamestown, died Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, at his home." Pithy. Condolences to his family. Bob Clark |
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Alan Erskine wrote:
Has anyone told OM? I'm not sure the best way to reach him. Maybe Scott Lowther can pass it along to him if he hasn't already. Or Henry Spencer for that matter? I just sent Henry an email. I had posted this to the arocket list back on the 14th but it hasn't gone through yet. Dave |
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