51-L Surface Search (Forward Fuselage Recovery)

In 1986, the February 10 issue of Aviation Week contained
two excellent photographs (in color) of large sections of the
51-L forward fuselage, brought to shore on the evening of
January 30 (see the NY Times).

Both internal and external surfaces are shown. The pieces
were recovered floating.

If anyone has the opportunity and means to scan these and
place them on a web page (with captions and credits), that
might help the younger generations. It would be good for
them to try to understand why NASA identified only these
particular pieces, which were allegedly stripped from the
crew module at water impact (rather than at altitude).

--
John Thomas Maxson, Retired Engineer (Aerospace)
Author, The Betrayal of Mission 51-L (www.mission51l.com)