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Topic: Photo of the week 348 (July 2, 2011)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 07-02-2011 02:35 AM
   
 With the end of the Space Shuttle program approaching, I selected a series of photos showing two orbiters in one shot. I will post these in the coming weeks. The space shuttle Endeavour receives a high-flying salute from its sister ship Columbia, atop NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, shortly after Endeavour’s landing on October 12, 1994, at Edwards to complete mission STS-68. Columbia was being ferried from the Kennedy Space Center to Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, where it would undergo six months of inspections, modifications, and systems upgrades. Ed Hengeveld |
ASCAN1984
Member Posts: 1049
From: County Down, Nothern Ireland
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 07-02-2011 03:50 AM
Columbia seems to be in every shot in this photo series. Amazing!!!!! |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3208
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 07-02-2011 08:54 AM
The way the 747 is pitched up, it looks more like an aircraft that has just taken off rather than one that is about to land. |
astro-nut
Member Posts: 946
From: Washington, IL
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 07-02-2011 09:10 AM
Another beautiful shot!! Thank you for sharing!! |
OV-105
Member Posts: 816
From: Ridgecrest, CA
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 07-03-2011 03:10 PM
quote:
Originally posted by LM-12:
The way the 747 is pitched up, it looks more like an aircraft that has just taken off rather than one that is about to land.
They are doing a flyby for photos. They were still about 50 miles, as the 747 flys, from Palmedale. |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3208
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 07-03-2011 03:43 PM
Thanks OV-105 for that clarification. I thought the only de-mate device on the west coast was at Edwards. |
OV-105
Member Posts: 816
From: Ridgecrest, CA
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 07-04-2011 04:51 PM
There was one at Vandenburg AFB and when they mothballed SLC-6 the OPF items went to KSC to make the OMRF into a full OPF. They also got the shuttle transport. The MDD from VAFB did not look like the ones at KSC and DFRF. |
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