The Shuttlecraft Galileo

[Krel]

On the Hobby Talk forum, a person posted claiming to own the Shuttlecraft Galileo. It is in storage and needs work, as the person he had restoring it was a bit of a con man: The Galileo LIVES! - HobbyTalk It starts on post 11.

If this is not the correct place to post this, then please feel free to move it to the correct place.

David.

 

[Chrisisall]

You beat me to it!:lol
Seems real to me!
YAHOO!!!

 

[CessnaDriver]

I am confused as the last story was the owner never came to claim it in some storage yard and it was hauled off as scrap when the land was cleared.

As I understood it, only the metal frame and warp tubes were original as the wood was long rotten and replaced.

I'm skeptical until there is evidence.

 

[Chrisisall]

I'm skeptical until there is evidence.

I politely asked for some from him in my original thread. I sometimes build up hope too quickly...:behave I swear I will cry if this goes south.:confused

 

[CessnaDriver]

I politely asked for some from him in my original thread. I sometimes build up hope too quickly...:behave I swear I will cry if this goes south.:confused

Agreed. Me too!

If his story is true, times have changed and I can see easily fans taking this off his hands and getting her back in shape.

 

[jheilman]

I knew this would be here already, but wanted to verify.

Sounds legit to me. As to what parts of it are still original, probably little, if any, of the wood. Plus, it sat outside in the rain. The owner claims many bits were restored and kept elsewhere.

If true, someone able to purchase and restore this should follow up and verify. It would be a shame if this is the real deal and it gets trashed further.

 

[micdavis]

I personally view the Galileo sort as teh One Ring.

It should be destroyed before it ruins more lives.

The guy is right it IS an albatross. It's big, awkward, and just the wrong size to pull it around with a trailer.

Plus I'm still bitter about having my offer turned down to buy in 1980.

 

[Chrisisall]

As I understood it, only the metal frame and warp tubes were original as the wood was long rotten and replaced.

In my estimation of the evidence I've found (just MY estimation, mind you), it seems like 25% of it might be original, give or take. That's still epic IMO. 25% of the Holy Grail of TV SF? I'll take it!

 

[micdavis]

The nacelles, rear landing pad, tude steel frame from the wing line down, are original.

Pretty sure all the wood was replaced. It sure needed it.

 

[CessnaDriver]

What happened to the original wood?
Even in bad shape that is valuable reference.

 

[micdavis]

They seem to have striped it and patterned some of it, but it was seriously warped in 1980 when I first saw it.

Galileo Shuttlecraft Circa 1980

 

[CessnaDriver]

In my estimation of the evidence I've found (just MY estimation, mind you), it seems like 25% of it might be original, give or take. That's still epic IMO. 25% of the Holy Grail of TV SF? I'll take it!

Agreed, it's huge news as those were large pieces that were on set and interacted with the actors.
Hoping this is the real deal and there is still this last chance.

 

[Capt Bob April]

For the record, the owner is a "she".

Frankly, I'd rather see the shuttle go to an aviation museum where the restoration work can continue and folks can see it up close, instead of squirreled away in some rich guy's barn. We've had too many years of having no idea where the thing was or if it'd been reduced to kindling.

 

[Chrisisall]

They seem to have striped it and patterned some of it, but it was seriously warped in 1980 when I first saw it.

Galileo Shuttlecraft Circa 1980

Warped is better than burned to a crisp, like the Galactica Viper...:cry

 

[micdavis]

I hope to see it resurrected.

The San Diego Aerospace Museum was willing to hang it from their ceiling once.

 

[Chrisisall]

I hope to see it resurrected.

The San Diego Aerospace Museum was willing to hang it from their ceiling once.

It needs to be on ground level, so people can enter it, with soft moccasins and felt gloves, not breathing too heavily....

 

[micdavis]

That will never happen at a museum. Even SciFi.

That thing is huge.

 

[Chrisisall]

That will never happen at a museum. Even SciFi.

Weeping now... :cry

 

[micdavis]

Simple economics. Floor space at any museum is too valuable for "fantasy" space ships.

And Sci-Fi is constantly on the verge of closing and there simply is NOT floor space there for it. But they could hang it like they did the Spinner. But even that might not fit there.

That thing is huge.

 

[Capt Trekkin]

Outstanding...It's real? Wow!