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| Signed by Col. Jack Kluever, a test pilot on the Lunar Landing Research Vehicles (LLRV) who flew numerous LLRV test flights. Kluever was the only pilot to fly LLRV No. 2, which was flown only six times during its brief flight test program at Edwards in early 1967. It was then transferred to Ellington Air Force Base near Houston where it was cannibalized for parts to keep the first LLRV and three Lunar Landing Test Vehicles used in the Apollo astronaut lunar landing training program airworthy. |
The Bell Aerosystems Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV) was an Apollo Project era program to build a simulator for the Moon landings. The LLRVs were used by the FRC, now known as the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, at Edwards Air Force Base, California, to study and analyze piloting techniques needed to fly and land the Apollo Lunar Module in the Moon's low gravity environment. LLRV #1 made 198 flights, completed its final test flight at FRC on November 30, 1966. It was shipped to Ellington AFB on December 12, where it was received the next day.
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Photo: Paul F. Bikle, director of the NASA Flight Research Center, poses with a model of the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV) at news conference in August 10, 1962.
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| Photo: Lunar Landing Research Vehicle first unveiled on April 8, 1964, built by Bell Aerosystems Co. |
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| Photo: Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV) first test flight by NASA research pilot Joe Walker on October 30, 1964. |
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| Photo of LLRV I signed by Donald L Mallick. During the mid-1960s Mallick was the chief project pilot on NASA's Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV). The LLRV helped develop the piloting procedures that were used during the final portions of the lunar landings. |
