Space: 1999 -Tribute to the eagles-

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1. I think the eagle's were and are the best sci-fi starships ever , i just purchased another model kit from Hobby Lobby ,i can't wait to start it..........
2. the Eagle just looks plausible and beautiful in a utilitarian way.....funny if it becomes a reality!
3. miss that film so much
4. You gotta love they went with reinforced truss work, heavy suspension, and no aerodynamics. So much more realistic than all these modern sexy "space" ships.
5. I loved that show when I was a 12 years old. I had the Eagle spaceship hanging from my bedroom ceiling with fishing wire. I just saw on ebay someone is selling the exact same one from the mid 1970's for $300 US.
6. To tell the honest truth..... the first time I saw the show, I thought the Eagles looked a little cheap....you know, thrown together at the last minute. Certainly not as graceful as the " Enterprise" . Of course ,that being said, it is a design I have come to really like, and I feel I was very fortunate to have been a young lad (10-ish  , I figure )....and seen these beauties onscreen "live" if you will...every Saturday at 5:00...me and my brothers would gather to watch....I miss those times very much. Thanks for the trib.!!!
7. i love the Eagles, thank's for the music and the geat pictures
8. The only good part of the series. Amazing machines, very stylish
9. the eagle is a beautiful ship....better than any other vessel from a sci-fi series!!
10. I've always wondered how they boarded a 'freighter' eagle (one that moves the nuclear pods) as every time you see them board an eagle it's a transport type with the 'porta cabin' under it and the walkway tube connected to it. The freighter eagle has the door to the cockpit blocked by the load it's carrying. 
11. In response to admillnx6, I believe the reason you kept seeing "Eagles 1 through 6" even when they got blown up or destroyed is this: 
    
    Notice that there were never visible numbers on the outside of the hulls. I don't think Eagles were assigned permanent numbers or designations. I think they were instead assigned numbers by launching sequence or readiness to be launched.
    
    In other words - whichever one happened to be on the pad ready to launch first, THAT one was designated "Eagle 1" for that duty rotation shift. The next one to be readied for take-off would be Eagle 2, etc, etc. If an Eagle was number 4 in the readiness queue but Command decided to refit it with a different equipment pod and launch it with Eagle 1, then that's how it went.
    
    So no Eagle ever had a permanent designation.
12. Does anyone else think the Eagle was a beautiful machine?
13. i love the eagles, i have 3, my best one is 60cm, long
14. p,s, and one of the best themes of the 1970, thanks
15. one of the best series of 1970, thanks
16. Well done, a very good tribute to the Space 1999 Eagle craft. Check out this Space 1999 Eagle video I found. http://youtu.be/SdCGGFlZbmk 
17. Eagle 1 right through to Eagle 6 were always being blown up/shrunk/vaporised or generally made unspaceworthy,but were always there in the next episode.I would like to know how that happens.
18. For me as a principle research scientist within the space industry for 30+ years I can simply underline one basic thing:
    
    From my point of view no other space vehicle shown in any movie or TV series has ever reached this technical level of being realistic as these eagles.
    
    I am pretty sure that - if required - a real device would look very similar to this design.
    
    This opinion is also based on the versatile modularity of the eagle's equipment (containers, crane support, etc.).
    
    Really good stuff what they designed wayback in the 70ies !
    
    My compliments.
19. Read the 1977 Space 1999 Annual in Full at Mag@zone https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.263344943827190.1073741868.222370107924674&type=3&uploaded=61
20. chiggs its scifi not real life..love the Eagle one of my fav sci fi crafts an got the collection..