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Topic: Photo of the week 622 (September 24, 2016)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 09-23-2016 11:40 AM
   
 Space Shuttle Enterprise, flown by Fred Haise and Gordon Fullerton, approaches touchdown at Edwards Air Force Base to conclude a 5-minute 34-second unpowered flight, the third in the Shuttle Approach and and Landing Test series, on September 23, 1977. |
randy
Member Posts: 2176
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 09-23-2016 12:39 PM
I'll never tire of seeing sights like this one. |
Jonnyed
Member Posts: 396
From: Dumfries, VA, USA
Registered: Aug 2014
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posted 09-23-2016 08:26 PM
Very cool to see the size difference too between the Shuttle and the chase planes. |
Starfighter1
Member Posts: 95
From:
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 09-23-2016 08:39 PM
To put it in perspective, the Enterprise was 122 feet long and a DC-9-40 series was 128 feet long. |
Henry Heatherbank
Member Posts: 244
From: Adelaide, South Australia
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 09-23-2016 10:57 PM
Who was flying chase in the T-38s? |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 09-24-2016 04:13 AM
Are those impressive "tailcones" somewhere on display in Museum or NASA site? I believe those were also used when the orbiters were transferred from the west coast back to Florida... any idea how many of these tailcones were produced? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-24-2016 08:35 AM
There were two tail cones produced. They were used every time the space shuttle flew atop a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, with the exception of the final two free-flights of the Approach and Landing Test program.The tail cone you see pictured above is now displayed attached to Enterprise at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City. The second tail cone, which was last used to deliver Endeavour to Los Angeles, was scrapped. |
astro-nut
Member Posts: 946
From: Washington, IL
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 10-01-2016 09:41 AM
Truly a test flight!! Another great photo! Thanks for sharing. |
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