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Members of MINI5280 take an exclusive tour of the Zwonitzer's 40-year-old abandoned Atlas missile silo which they turned into their home on the high plains of Nebraska.
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ColoradoRick > The Coopers had to wait outside for their owners, but there was plenty of room in the huge missile bay and adjacent rooms.
ColoradoRick > Inside the missile bay, looking out the partially opened vertical, sliding door, which was over one foot thick. It is now motorized, but was manually opened by Air Force personnel using a crank with reduction gears (nine crank rotations per one foot of door travel).
ColoradoRick > Missile facility owner, Don Zwonitzer, operates the now electric door control.
ColoradoRick > Slowly the blast doors (opened to deliver the missile) close out the brutal southwest Nebraska wind.
ColoradoRick > Watch your fingers and toes!
ColoradoRick > Looking toward the closed missile bay door (vertical). Narrow at the opening, but plenty of indoor parking for an RV, the bay widens further back.
ColoradoRick > Don opens a large door to a room adjacent to the missile bay.
ColoradoRick > A former equipment room has different uses now.
ColoradoRick > Notice the cast holes in the wall, previously used to pass conduits and wiring.
The Coopers had to wait outside for their owners, but there was plenty of room in the huge missile bay and adjacent rooms.
> The Coopers had to wait outside for their owners, but there was plenty of room in the huge missile bay and adjacent rooms.
The Coopers had to wait outside for their owners, but there was plenty of room in the huge missile bay and adjacent rooms.
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