Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 7/1/84; site CSL-Vax.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!CSL-Vax!rsf From: rsf@CSL-Vax.ARPA (Ross Finlayson) Newsgroups: net.tv,net.games.trivia Subject: Re: THUNDERBIRDS question Message-ID: <980@CSL-Vax.ARPA> Date: Sun, 14-Oct-84 02:10:13 EDT Article-I.D.: CSL-Vax.980 Posted: Sun Oct 14 02:10:13 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 16-Oct-84 05:32:09 EDT References: <2781@mit-eddie.UUCP> <496@houca.UUCP> <2289@ucbvax.ARPA> <1430@vax2.fluke.UUCP> <593@axiom.UUCP> Organization: Stanford University Lines: 28 Ah! Thunderbirds must have been my favorite TV show in the late 60s - I remember being fanatical about it. I don't know whether it was shown as widely in the U.S. as it was in British Commonwealth countries (I was living in New Zealand at the time). Anyway, to answer your question: Thunderbird 1 was flown by Scott (<= Scott Carpenter?). It was a high-speed rocket-like scout ship, and was usually the first to arrive at the scene of a rescue. It was launched from inside a cliff, lifting off through an opening formed by a slide-away swimming pool! Thunderbird 2 was the heavy-duty cargo carrying aircraft, flown by Virgil (<= Virgil (Gus) Grissom?). It took off from a sloped ramp at the end of a long runway. It carried one of several numbered "pods", carrying the appropriate cargo for the rescue. Thunderbird 3 was a rocketship (used for space travel). It was piloted by Alan (<= Alan Shepard?), and was launched through the 'eye' of a ring-shaped house. Thunderbird 4 was a small submarine, usually carried in one of the pods (pod 4?) carried by Thunderbird 2. It was piloted by Gordon (<= Gordon Cooper?). Thunderbird 5 was an Earth-orbiting space station, usually manned by John (<= John Glenn?). It's purpose was to monitor worldwide communications. Ross.