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Topic: Photo: Flew over Launch Complex 39 today
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Delta7 Member Posts: 1505 From: Bluffton IN USA Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 10-06-2010 02:44 PM
Took this picture from about 22,000 feet. |
Greggy_D Member Posts: 977 From: Michigan Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 10-06-2010 03:11 PM
Very nice! A lot of history started there. |
paulushumungus Member Posts: 466 From: Burton, Derbyshire, England Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 10-06-2010 03:19 PM
Wonderful - Was that in a commercial airliner? |
Delta7 Member Posts: 1505 From: Bluffton IN USA Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 10-06-2010 07:02 PM
I fly a Learjet 45 for a living; we were passing over on the way to points south. |
contra Member Posts: 318 From: Kiel, Germany Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 10-07-2010 03:59 AM
Thanks for sharing. Great photo. |
garymilgrom Member Posts: 1966 From: Atlanta, GA Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 10-07-2010 06:15 AM
Beautiful, looks like a nice day for flying. Question - do you need special clearance to get that close?Thank you. www.spacegary.com |
ejectr Member Posts: 1751 From: Killingly, CT Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 10-07-2010 06:16 AM
Your reflection in the window makes it look like the pad on the left is out in the water. |
Delta7 Member Posts: 1505 From: Bluffton IN USA Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 10-07-2010 07:30 AM
quote: Originally posted by garymilgrom: Question - do you need special clearance to get that close?
No; restricted airspace is only in effect during launch activities. Even then you'd be surprised how close you can get, as most of the restricted airspace is over the ocean. It hasn't happened to me, but from what I've been told if the timing is right you can get the best view on the planet. |
Delta7 Member Posts: 1505 From: Bluffton IN USA Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 10-07-2010 08:02 AM
Here's another one without the reflection: |
Delta7 Member Posts: 1505 From: Bluffton IN USA Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 10-07-2010 08:05 AM
Shuttle runway: |
328KF Member Posts: 1234 From: Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 10-07-2010 11:03 AM
Delta 7, nice shots... I try to get those occasionally on the way down too. I usually point KSC out to my pax as we go by. In my opinion, kind of sad to see a brand new launch tower parked out in back of the VAB that will probably never be used. That 45 wouldn't happen to be a Flex aircraft would it? I'm with QS on the 400XP. |
Delta7 Member Posts: 1505 From: Bluffton IN USA Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 10-07-2010 11:38 AM
quote: Originally posted by 328KF: That 45 wouldn't happen to be a Flex aircraft would it? I'm with QS on the 400XP.
Delta Private Jets (aka Delta AirElite). Privately owned and managed by them. quote: In my opinion, kind of sad to see a brand new launch tower parked out in back of the VAB that will probably never be used.
I agree. |
328KF Member Posts: 1234 From: Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 10-07-2010 11:44 AM
Ah, very good. Maybe we'll run into each other on the road sometime. PM me and I'll tell ya who to look for. |
Fra Mauro Member Posts: 1586 From: Bethpage, N.Y. Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 10-08-2010 08:44 AM
Isn't it that way with NASA, they build things, like the LMs and CSMs now in the museums, and are not allowed to use them. Then we get to hear that NASA wastes money. |
heng44 Member Posts: 3386 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 10-09-2010 06:59 AM
How I'd love to be able to casually state: "I fly a Learjet 45 for a living"!Great photos. |
Russ Still Member Posts: 535 From: Atlanta, GA USA Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-10-2010 05:15 AM
Yeah, those are great photos. Thanks much for posting them. |
Delta7 Member Posts: 1505 From: Bluffton IN USA Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 10-17-2010 06:49 PM
Flew over again today and got some better shots:
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328KF Member Posts: 1234 From: Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 10-18-2010 11:34 AM
Awesome! Some buddies of mine have been lucky enough to fly the crews and their families back and forth between EFD and the SLF during the shuttle flights. I asked NASA Tower for the "shuttle tour" when I was down there years ago and they vectored me onto a left base for Rwy 33. We turned final, flew by the VAB, and did a pass down the runway at 500 feet. If I get the photos I took scanned I'll post them here. |