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Topic: Photo of the week 183 (May 3, 2008)
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heng44
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From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 05-03-2008 07:36 AM
   
 This scene was photographed when the NASA 747 carrier aircraft and six T-38 aircraft flew over the Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise after it had landed at Edwards Air Force Base following a 5-minute 34-second free flight during the Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests (ALT) on September 23, 1977. Ed Hengeveld |
APG85
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Registered: Jan 2008
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posted 05-03-2008 07:55 AM
Always liked that shot! |
FutureAstronaut
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posted 05-04-2008 07:22 AM
Wow! Never saw this one before. Thanks! |
gliderpilotuk
Member Posts: 3398
From: London, UK
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 05-04-2008 12:52 PM
Lovely photo. Was that Haise/Fullerton or Engle/Truly? Paul |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 05-04-2008 01:48 PM
This was the final tail-cone-on flight by Haise and Fulerton.Ed |
Henk Boshuijer
Member Posts: 450
From: Netherlands
Registered: May 2007
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posted 05-04-2008 03:26 PM
It is hard to believe that this already happened more than thirty years ago. To me it seems like yesterday.
Well ... I must be getting old.Great picture by the way... Henk |
Moonwalker1954
Member Posts: 245
From: Montreal, Canada
Registered: Jul 2004
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posted 05-04-2008 05:58 PM
Talking about getting old, this event happened on my 23rd birthday!Pierre-Yves |
Moonpaws
Member Posts: 685
From: Lee's summit, MO
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 05-04-2008 07:29 PM
Only 8 years after the first moon landing. |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1751
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 05-04-2008 08:01 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Moonpaws:
Only 8 years after the first moon landing.
And we're still using that technology today with remarkable results. |
Mr Meek
Member Posts: 353
From: Chattanooga, TN
Registered: Dec 2007
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posted 05-04-2008 10:02 PM
....just over 5 years and 3 weeks before I was born. Geez, you people are OLD!  The Shuttle sure looks different without all the black trim around the windows and RCS. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 05-05-2008 01:16 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Mr Meek:
....just over 5 years and 3 weeks before I was born. Geez, you people are OLD!
Hey! Thanks for the reminder.  I was 11 at the time!- and I don't recall anything about it (not sure the media even covered it). Chris. |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 05-05-2008 02:53 AM
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Originally posted by cspg:
(not sure the media even covered it).
Oh, they did alright! I have a lot of newspaper and magazine articles from 1977. The sight of the combined 747/Shuttle made quite an impression. And I remember hurrying home after a vacation in Germany because I wanted to catch the first free flight on the evening news (made it just in time).Ed |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 05-05-2008 04:22 AM
Ed, yes BUT you live in the Netherlands! (Switzerland's a dump.)I was there for A11 but I cannot recall if it's a real memory or a "recontructed" one based on what I've been told, although I remember being told the sentence "wake up, it's important" (it was in the middle of night, and was not yet 3!). As for the shuttle ALT, my memory is just blank... As for the paper clippings, apparently we lived the same life! (although I haven't kept mine). Chris.
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Moonwalker1954
Member Posts: 245
From: Montreal, Canada
Registered: Jul 2004
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posted 05-05-2008 11:24 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Mr Meek:
.... Geez, you people are OLD!
Yeah... but I (we) had the privilege to see the Moonwalks live!!! Pierre-Yves |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 2896
From: Titusville, FL USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 05-05-2008 12:09 PM
Wow I'm WAY younger than Pierre-Yves. This happened 6 days after my 21st birthday. Also 1 year and 6 days after Enterprise was introduced to the world. Great shot Ed! Thanks for sharing as always. Tim |
E2M Lem Man
Member Posts: 846
From: Los Angeles CA. USA
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 05-05-2008 01:09 PM
Hey- it made the papers as Prince Charles of England was there! and I was covering it for my College paper.I am old- but I saw the Mercury Flights LIVE! J.M. Busby |
Moonwalker1954
Member Posts: 245
From: Montreal, Canada
Registered: Jul 2004
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posted 05-06-2008 09:22 AM
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Originally posted by KSCartist:
Wow I'm WAY younger than Pierre-Yves.
Tim, I'm glad I made your day!  Pierre-Yves |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1751
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 05-06-2008 11:17 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Moonwalker1954:
Yeah... but I (we) had the privilege to see the Moonwalks live!!!
Yup... and they will get to see people LIVE on the moon in High Definition. |
mjanovec
Member Posts: 3811
From: Midwest, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 05-06-2008 11:43 AM
quote:
Originally posted by ejectr:
And we're still using that technology today with remarkable results.
Not to mention the T-38s, which are nearly 50-year old technology. |
Apollo-Soyuz
Member Posts: 1205
From: Shady Side, Md
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 05-06-2008 06:21 PM
Here are two autographed photos to go along with Ed's photo.
 
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John Macco
Vice President
Space Unit
Shady Side, Md. |
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