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Iron door hinges, locks and pintles were forged by Ron Siebler, the beloved Dallas do-everything building craftsman.
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Mark Lamster
architecture Critic, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
Early on, in fact, SpaceX had a legal confrontation with Northrop over the pintle engine injector technology used in the Merlin rocket engine that powered the Falcon 1, and later Falcon 9 rocket.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 18 Apr. 2024
The horizontal weld that attaches a mild steel angle to the slider rail for super doubles/pintle hook operations may be missing.
—Detroit Free Press, 30 Apr. 2021
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Mark Lamster
architecture Critic, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
Early on, in fact, SpaceX had a legal confrontation with Northrop over the pintle engine injector technology used in the Merlin rocket engine that powered the Falcon 1, and later Falcon 9 rocket.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 18 Apr. 2024
The horizontal weld that attaches a mild steel angle to the slider rail for super doubles/pintle hook operations may be missing.
—Detroit Free Press, 30 Apr. 2021
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“Pintle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pintle. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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