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Topic: NASA Aircraft: Where are they now?
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 23493
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted December 22, 2008 09:18 PM
   
This resource on Dryden Flight Research Center's website is about a month old, but is still worth noting: Where Are They Now? The NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's Historic Aircraft Want to know where you can see some of the most famous, cutting-edge aerospace vehicles ever flown? Fire-up the afterburner and cruise through this list to see where these historic NASA air and spacecraft have come home to roost. |
SpaceAholic
Member Posts: 2551
From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted December 22, 2008 11:26 PM
Pima also has the KC-377 Super Guppy (transported Saturn hardware) and one of the original KC-135 Vomit Comets... |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 1011
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted December 23, 2008 10:05 AM
We went to Pima after Spacefest in August of 2007 (it was a dry heat!). Some great aircraft there. Here are some photos from the posting mentioned earlier. Supper Guppy:  
The Vomit Comet:  My favorite, The Gulfstream GII,:  |
Bow
New Member Posts: 1
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted February 17, 2009 04:17 PM
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Originally posted by GACspaceguy:
My favorite, The Gulfstream GII, Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA)
Actually, the Gulfstream II, N948, is not a STA, it is (was) an Admin aircraft. It is about to be pulled out of the desert and returned to service.The four STAs (N944, N945, N946, N947) are all still very much in use. The other original Vomit Comet KC-135 is on a pole here at Ellington Field in Houston. |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 1011
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted February 20, 2009 02:54 PM
Bow, welcome to cS! And, thank you, you are right on with what I thoughtwas a STA. With a closer look at the thrust reversers they are the std version and not the cascade type the STA uses. I guess I just took the tour guides word at face value, good catch! | |
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