Lot #7028

Gemini 5 Aeronautical Chart [Attested to as Flown by Mike Smithwick]

Description

Two-sided color 9.75 x 7.75 aeronautical chart deriving from the personal collection of Gemini 5 mission pilot Charles Conrad, attested to as flown on the mission by Mike Smithwick. The front side, marked "019," shows a map of the Corpus Christi area on the gulf coast of Texas. The map is double-matted and framed with an embroidered patch and typed caption ("This map was flown on the Gemini 5 space mission by Pete Conrad, Aug. 21 to 29, 1965") to an overall size of 15 x 18. In fine condition.

Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Mike Smithwick, certifying that "the accompanying two-sided aeronautical chart page…comes from the flown Gemini aeronautical chart book (P/N AF 65007)…consigned to Odyssey Auctions by Gemini V Pilot, Charles 'Pete' Conrad…According to Conrad, this collection of landmark reference charts was prepared, at his request, as an informal aid for ground tracking during the mission. In Conrad’s words, 'we used it to help us figure out where we were in the world as we discussed the visual acuity experiments.'".

Auction Info

• Auction Title: Space Exploration and Aviation
• Dates: #677 - Ended October 19, 2023