I can remember when my now twenty-one-year-old son did the exact same thing. I got chewed out by my wife for leaving a hammer on the kitchen counter where he could reach it. In my defense, I was working in the kitchen at the time.
Just out of curiosity, what part of “crew” were you part of? I always love to hear stories of the people who were associated with the different space programs.
The aircraft in the final frame has F-15 vertical stabilizers. The F/A-18 vertical stabilizers are canted outward.