Special Exhibit:
Space Control One
Zel Ritchie’s Personal Space Control
(Click on any of the images
on this page to see a larger version)
Whatever plane
the President of the United States flies on is designated
“Air Force One”. Whatever Space Control the President of
Space Control Corporation flies may similarly be called
“Space Control One”.
This was Zel
Ritchie’s last Space Control. He turned this over to Orbit
Electronics along with all assets and rights of Space
Control Corporation in 1963 when Zel went to work for
Orbit. This is the only documented Zel Ritchie Space
Control we know of. It was rescued from its glass display
case in Orbit’s front office by a senior Orbit employee
after Orbit closed unexpectedly on Christmas Eve, December
24, 1975.
We do not know if this was the Space Control Orbit
engineers used for reference and reverse engineering to
produce Orbit’s first proportional systems. It may well
have been so, and then could also be viewed as the Mother
of all Orbit Proportionals.
Related Company History :
Space Control
