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Happy 47th Birthday, Starship Enterprise,

SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
edited December 2011 in Ten Forward
Snagged this note off the "It's Okay to be Takei" facebook page. :cool:
Happy 47th Birthday Enterprise!!
On December 29th, 1964 - 47 years ago today - the original filming model of the U.S.S. Enterprise was delivered to the Howard Anderson Company. Model maker Richard C. Datin, Jr. oversaw the efforts of craftsmen Mel Keys, Vernon Sion, and Volmer Jensen, and constructed the 11-foot "miniature" from a 1-foot prototype. After taking possession of the model, Datin made a few minor adjustments prior to its use during Star Trek' s original pilot show, "The Cage." He made a few more alterations to the model for the second pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before". Once the show sold to NBC and filming began on the series' first season, Datin put the finishing touches on the model that we all know and love. :)
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2011
    Happy 47th Birthday!!!!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2011
    Here's to the Enterprise!

    Happy 47th!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2011
    May Calm Stellar Waves face your bow and may your flag have following winds.
    Order your Departments to Starboard stand at Ease.
    Gentelman Bring your Divisions to Attention.
    Ships Company Render Honours. <SAlute>
    =================
    Splice the mainbrace"
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2011
    47 years....incredible.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2011
    Looking good for being nearly half a century in age.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2011
    I raise a toast to the finest starship ever built, may she forever set sail in the endless sea of stars. The finest craft of all the series, to the one and only LEGEND, happy birthday Enterprise. :D
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2011
    ...live long and prosper.
    \\//
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