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Lucas AWT Construction First Shipment of Parts The first shipment of parts from Aerolab arrived at GALCIT on 6 June 2000, accompanied by Aerolab's Stuart Rodes. Stuart would be working on the wind tunnel assembly for the next several weeks, assisted by the Lucas AWT staff (Gerald Landry and Chris Krok) and the riggers of Mammoet Western's South El Monte office. Mammoet was also contracted to unload the tunnel sections from the trailers, and move and lower them into the wind tunnel room. Stuart had spent much time laboring over AutoCad drawings of the tunnel room layout and access, so the tunnel sections could be made as large as possible and still fit through our access door. This wasn't the most difficult installation Aerolab had ever done, but it certainly wasn't the easiest. After they were unloaded from the trucks, the parts had to be brought up the inclined ramp and the back of Guggenheim. They then had to be brought through a 16'x16' access door, and lowered through a hole in the floor immediately on the other side of the door. This took a combination of forklifts and a small crane inside the building, but went reasonably well. Click on images to enlarge.
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