View of the combustion chamber taken from the catwalk. Unfortunately, there
was some lens flare, but I did not review the picture before I moved on, and I
only took one picture of this view.
F-107-1 is displayed with no injector, offering a view of what appears to be
the LOX dome. Compare this
picture to an F-1 injector (e.g., the one in the F-1 at
Stennis).
Vince Wheelock
speculates that, as a test engine, this F-1 was torn down at some point in its
life and when it was reassembled, the injector was not installed (and perhaps
became a display piece on someone's wall).
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