Cruise Missile Launch Control Center Seat

Description:

Cruise Missile Launch Control Center Seat, Fairchild Aircraft Service Division, 1982, the upholstered armchair with adjustable head, arm and leg rests, height and reline levers, four point adjustable seat belt with inertial reel shoulder harness, later retro-fit aluminum base with six rollers and maker's data plate on the base, ht. 53 in.

Note: This relic of the Cold War, one of twenty-four made, was used in a heavily armored mobile trailer designed to launch tactical nuclear cruise missiles in 1982-87. In 1987, the United States and Russia entered into the Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty and these mobile launch vehicles were deactivated. As Russian observers looked on, the missile hardware was cut up at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson. This seat was retrieved from that military bone yard.
Estimate $400-600

Re-upholstered in appropriate aircraft fabric, once fitted into a sliding rail in the vehicle, now fitted with six rollers for use as a quite comfortable office chair.

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