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Topic:	A&E's "Shipping Wars" at Space & Rocket Center

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: [B]The A&E reality TV show [URL=http://www.aetv.com/shipping-wars/]Shipping Wars[/URL], which follows independent carriers as they transport items that traditional carriers either cannot or will not haul, recently filmed the [URL=http://www.spacecamp.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=260]delivery of a NASA T-38 jet[/URL] to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The astronaut training jet will be going on display in Shuttle Plaza, alongside the space shuttle Pathfinder display and soon a Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) as well. <center><a href="http://www.spacecamp.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=260" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/ussrc_shippingwars01.jpg" width="400" height="267" border="0"></a> <a href="http://www.spacecamp.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=260" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/ussrc_shippingwars02.jpg" width="400" height="267" border="0"></a></center>[/B][/QUOTE]
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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER>T O P I C     R E V I E W</CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>The A&E reality TV show <A HREF="http://www.aetv.com/shipping-wars/" TARGET=_blank>Shipping Wars</A>, which follows independent carriers as they transport items that traditional carriers either cannot or will not haul, recently filmed the <A HREF="http://www.spacecamp.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=260" TARGET=_blank>delivery of a NASA T-38 jet</A> to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.The astronaut training jet will be going on display in Shuttle Plaza, alongside the space shuttle Pathfinder display and soon a Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) as well.<center><a href="http://www.spacecamp.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=260" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/ussrc_shippingwars01.jpg" width="400" height="267" border="0"></a><a href="http://www.spacecamp.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=260" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/ussrc_shippingwars02.jpg" width="400" height="267" border="0"></a></center></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Atlantis</TD><TD>Is that the one from Aviation Challenge or a different one? </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>sts205cdr</TD><TD>It doesn't match up with my photos from Space Camp (and thus trips to AC) over the years, so I'm sure it's a different bird.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>mikej</TD><TD>A USSRC <A HREF="https://www.facebook.com/RocketCenterUSA/posts/10151421583156971" TARGET=_blank>Facebook post</A>, the T-38 came from El Paso, TX. There are also additional photos of the move.I also found a <A HREF="http://home.elpasotexas.gov/_documents/press_releases/2012_12_21_115_PR-%20T-38%20Talon%20Supersonic%20Jet%20to%20depart%20the%20El%20Paso%20Museum%20of%20History~.pdf" TARGET=_blank>press release</A> from last year about the T-38 leaving the El Paso Museum of History.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Atlantis</TD><TD>Thanks! Any idea when the STA is set to arrive? </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Gonzo</TD><TD>OK, so they filmed it. Any idea when it will air? Don't see that on the links.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>GACspaceguy</TD><TD> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Gonzo: Any idea when it will air? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> It aired last week Tuesday, June 18. As far as the STA goes, I understand they have the funding to transport it on site but are still working to get enough sponsorship to produce a display area.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Spaceguy5</TD><TD>Also at the moment, the STA (which is tail number N945NA) is disassembled in Birmingham, AL.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by GACspaceguy: It aired last week Tuesday, June 18.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> The episode (no. 37) is titled <A HREF="http://www.aetv.com/shipping-wars/episode-guide/season-4/manners-meltdown-and-minor-mishaps-37#37" TARGET=_blank>Manners Meltdown and Minor Mishaps</A>. <center><iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_uZBowNm-nE?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>

p51

I'm not 100% sure but I suspect this isn't a real NASA bird after all. N999NA is considered the very end of the registration # series alloted for NASA aircraft, I don't think they numbered any of them that far into the series from the T-38s I've seen in various places (including the lineup at Ellington a few years back). My understanding is that the T-38 formerly at the El Paso museum was a US Navy bird, not a NASA one.

It wouldn't be the first time, the F-104 painted in NASA colors at the Museum of Flight in Seattle is also not a NASA aircraft as well.

Huntsville has several other aircraft over at Aviation Challenge that can't be seen by the public, most of them came from AMARC. I'm not sure of the NASA-marked T-38 they already have over there, though. It always seemed odd they had that plane there when it really belonged over at the Space Museum instead.

Greggy_D

The name on the canopy appears to read "Phil Vaughn." Is he a NASA pilot?

From looking at USSRC's pics, Bob Cabana's name is on the canopy also.

Atlantis

Here a few photos I shot this afternoon of it mostly together.

mmcmurrey

quote:
Originally posted by p51:
My understanding is that the T-38 formerly at the El Paso museum was a US Navy bird, not a NASA one.

I don't believe the USN ever had T-38's.

p51

quote:
Originally posted by mmcmurrey:
I don't believe the USN ever had T-38's.

You probably should have Googled "USN T-38" before typing that, and I'll bow out without further comment, hard as it is to do so...

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