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Shuttlefan
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From: 41366 Schwalmtal, Germany
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posted 08-01-2005 03:34 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Shuttlefan   Click Here to Email Shuttlefan     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Hi folks,
I´m glad about the launch of STS 114 and do not want to spread more unfunded rumors about what went well and what wrong, but I would appreciate some help on this: On http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/multimedia/RTF_videos_search_agent_archive_1.html
I watched the chase plane video of the launch (it has a shaking bad quality in my download) and at about 1:40 running time you can see an additional flame developing at one SRB in the region of an O-ring section. It seems not belonging to the main exhaust of the SRBs or the shuttle´s main engines but seems to have its own separate source. I am far from being familiar with details of the launch phase,so please for the more experienced: was this a frightening resemblance to STS 51-L or did I watch something quite normal?
Thanks
Chris

OV-105
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From: Ridgecrest, CA
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posted 08-01-2005 04:35 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for OV-105   Click Here to Email OV-105     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
That has been seen on other launches. I want to say it is some of the SSME's exhaust getting drawn up. I will have to did around i think it was in an old Coundown Magazine from around 89-90. We all get a little gun-shy after STS 51-L with any that looks like a plume.

gliderpilotuk
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posted 08-01-2005 05:06 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for gliderpilotuk   Click Here to Email gliderpilotuk     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Amazing that the chase plane is a WB-57 based on the English Electric Canberra which first flew in 1949! One squadron is still in RAF service for high altitude reconnaisance.
Some fab pictures of NASA's WB-57s here: http://jsc-aircraft-ops.jsc.nasa.gov/wb57/

Paul Bramley

karlitko
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From: Czech Republic
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posted 08-02-2005 05:50 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for karlitko   Click Here to Email karlitko     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
English Electric Canberra and WB-57 are magnificent aircraft indeed.
Nice view of some launch from JSC's WB-57 can be seen here: http://jsc-aircraft-ops.jsc.nasa.gov/wb57/images/Launch1.jpg

Karel Blahous

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