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"BP-6 was tested 3 or 4 times. Once on Pad Abort -1 in Nov.7, 1963, and 2-3 times in parachute tests in 1964-65. It was then given by North American to the local union hall."
Previously reported as scrapped, it apparently was just transferred out of inventory and not broken up.
"The capsule was given to the city of Downey in Feb. 07 by the former owners, the AFL-CIO union hall where it had stood for 40 years in Downey, California.
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