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heng44
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posted 10-14-2016 01:13 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

Enterprise is parked on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base following completion of the first tail-cone-off free flight on October 12, 1977. The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft and a T-38 chase plane pass overhead in an aerial salute. Enterprise was flown by astronauts Joe Engle and Dick Truly.

cspg
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posted 10-14-2016 02:00 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for cspg   Click Here to Email cspg     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Beautiful photo! Thanks, Ed.

astro-nut
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posted 10-14-2016 02:13 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for astro-nut   Click Here to Email astro-nut     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Awesome photo!!

Michael Davis
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posted 10-14-2016 02:17 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Michael Davis   Click Here to Email Michael Davis     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Great image. Do we know who the the figure in the photo is?

GoesTo11
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posted 10-14-2016 08:47 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for GoesTo11   Click Here to Email GoesTo11     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Immediately brought this photo to mind. From one generation to the next...

Ronpur
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posted 10-14-2016 10:04 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ronpur   Click Here to Email Ronpur     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Beautiful! This seems like yesterday. Was there only one chase plane?

mach3valkyrie
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posted 10-14-2016 11:37 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for mach3valkyrie   Click Here to Email mach3valkyrie     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Great photo in a great program. Thanks!

heng44
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posted 10-15-2016 09:19 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Michael Davis:
Do we know who the the figure in the photo is?
Probably a member of the ground handling crew.

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