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heng44
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posted 03-02-2012 03:24 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

Air-to-air view of Discovery's launch for mission STS-26 on September 29, 1988, taken by an airline passenger bound for the Bahamas.

Ed Hengeveld

garymilgrom
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posted 03-02-2012 04:19 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for garymilgrom   Click Here to Email garymilgrom     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Looks like a cloudy day for a launch. Are those thunderheads in the distance?

star61
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posted 03-03-2012 03:59 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for star61   Click Here to Email star61     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
On NASA causeway within minutes of launch it absolutely tipped down! Then a few minutes later... it was a lovely day again. Just like England!

I do remember the flight back to blighty well, as the cloud systems were seriously high and had all the hallmarks of a hurricane brewing.

ejectr
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posted 03-04-2012 06:10 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for ejectr   Click Here to Email ejectr     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
See how the tops of those clouds flatten out and tip over to make "anvil clouds". Serious down drafts and wind shear cause that.

garymilgrom
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posted 03-04-2012 06:31 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for garymilgrom   Click Here to Email garymilgrom     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks for the explanation of the flat topped clouds. Those are what I meant by thunderheads.

moorouge
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posted 03-04-2012 06:33 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for moorouge   Click Here to Email moorouge     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Just out of curiosity - what is the radius of exclusion for commercial flights at a launch? This photo looks close.

ejectr
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posted 03-04-2012 08:10 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for ejectr   Click Here to Email ejectr     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Has been 30 miles up to 18,000 feet at times. Can be as much as 40 miles.

onesmallstep
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posted 03-06-2012 04:58 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for onesmallstep   Click Here to Email onesmallstep     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Memorable launch I attended in person. Will never forget the nervous energy up until the final count, then someone ringing cowbells and people yelling 'Go baby, Go!' as Discovery rose up, and then a collective sigh of relief at launch +73 seconds..

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