Thunderbird 1

launch sequence

from Brains' sketchbook
the original page layout, three rows of sketches, the top two labelled 'launch sequence Thunderbird 1', the bottom row labelled 'launch sequence Thunderbird 4'
the original page layout, three rows of sketches, the top two labelled 'launch sequence Thunderbird 1', the bottom row labelled 'launch sequence Thunderbird 4'
sketch of a person standing against a marked wall segement, a large circled red number 1 in the left top corner and the text 'pilot stands on revolving floor and wall in Tracy lounge' sketch of a person standing against a revolving wall segment turned 90 degrees flanked by 3 wallmounted tanks, a small platform with handrails sticking out and the text 'pilot now in Thunderbird 1 bay' to the left and 'wall revolves' and 'wall turns back into place' with an arrow ponting at the wall segment and an arrow indicating movement at the top and bottom sketch of a rocket's fuselage and to its right an extended gantry with a person standing at the end holding handrails, an arrow to indicate movement, a large circled red number 3 at the top and the text 'pilot stands on gantry platform which instantly feeds out to Thunderbird 1' sketch of a rocket's fuselage with an opened door and a gantry with a person standing at the end leading up to it, an arrow to indicate movement, a large circled red number 4 in the left top corner and the text 'gantry touches nose - door panel slides open - pilot steps onto chair footplate' sketch of a rocket's fuselage with a large part cut away revealing a person in a chair on a rotating platform, arrows to indicate movement, a large circled red number 5 in the left top corner and the text 'pilot sits in chair which revolves to face other way' sketch of a section of a ramp angled down with Thunderbird 1 on its trolley at the top and a gantry sticking out of the right wall marked 'house', a large circled red number 6 in the top left corner and the text 'door closes - gantry retracts, and Thunderbird 1 moves down ramp on trolley - under house' and arrows to indicate movement sketch of a section of a ramp ending in a vertical shaft with Thunderbird 1 at the bottom, covered by a reservoir filled with water marked 'swimming pool', flanked by a palm tree and a building marked 'house' at the left and a flat surface marked 'patio' at the right, arrows to indicate movement, a large circled red number 7 in the top left corner and the text 'ends up on launch ramp under swimming pool in front of house' sketch of a cutaway of an irregularly shaped swimming pool with tracked supports fixed to a cable, arrows to indicate movement, a large circled red number 8 in the top left corner and the text 'continuous cable fed through reversible friction drive', 'swimming pool', '(febroglass with cantilevered reinforcing springing from runners)', 'concrete with metal reinforcing', 'swimming pool moves to one side leaving Thunderbird 1 in `launching silo`' sketch of a section of a ramp ending in a vertical shaft with Thunderbird 1 halfway, flanked by a house and a palm tree at the left and the swimming pool positioned under the patio surface at the right, arrows to indicate movement, a large circled red number 9 in the top right corner and the text 'swimming pool under patio - Thunderbird 1 is launched'

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Launch specification originally published in Thunderbirds 1966 Annual, later reprinted in Dutch Extra 3 album
The photo version can be found here.