Who saw the Space Shuttle Endeavour on top of the 747?

[Plane Nuts]

Re: Who saw the Space Shuttle Endeavour on top of the 747?

It flew over my sister in law's house in Sac low enough that she could read the numbers on the shuttle and 747.

[Tibia]

Re: Who saw the Space Shuttle Endeavour on top of the 747?

Victor,

Excellent photos !

Your pictures brought Wild Smiles to this ex-tragickingdom member.

Guess'n you stood just east of Tomorrowland Terrace and just south of the Tomorowland Monorail Station.

Bob

[Sky Critter]

Re: Who saw the Space Shuttle Endeavour on top of the 747?

Came by Tucson on the way to CA.

[Victor Archer]

Re: Who saw the Space Shuttle Endeavour on top of the 747?

Victor,

Excellent photos !

Guess'n you stood just east of Tomorrowland Terrace and just south of the Tomorowland Monorail Station.

Bob

Here's from my FB post

"Thank you to all!!! This was a crazy deal, did not have a lot of time to get this done. Left work at 11am got to DLand and didn't think I would get in. Got lucky on parking, ran to the Monorail terminal in downtown, lucky again only six people waiting in line. Got off and ran to Main St. didn't look good had about 10 min to think... Saw it in the distance and knew I had to move. Ran to the Matterhorn. Could hear it coming before I ever saw it and got this shot. Ran back to the Monorail, back to my Jeep, and back to work just after 2pm..."

[Tibia]

Re: Who saw the Space Shuttle Endeavour on top of the 747?

Victor,

Your efforts make these photos all the more special !!! Your 'choice' of backdrops could not have been better.

Last time, as a guest in the park, was over a quarter century ago. From what others have told me, getting around is much more time consuming.

Thank you for saving these moments in history.


Bob

[laminar]

Re: Who saw the Space Shuttle Endeavour on top of the 747?

Here is the low pass they did in Mojave.

I apologize for the camera phone.

Elliot

[Race5]

Re: Who saw the Space Shuttle Endeavour on top of the 747?

Here is the low pass they did in Mojave.

I apologize for the camera phone.

Elliot

Passing the torch..... Would have been cool to have White Night and SS1 in a "heritage flight" of sorts.

[laminar]

Re: Who saw the Space Shuttle Endeavour on top of the 747?

Passing the torch..... Would have been cool to have White Night and SS1 in a "heritage flight" of sorts.

Yes it would have!

[Tibia]

Re: Who saw the Space Shuttle Endeavour on top of the 747?

Some irony in this photo. Shuttle headed to its final destination strapped to the back of the 747 which (as I understand) will be headed to its final destination next door to Mojave.


Bob

[AcroGimp]

Re: Who saw the Space Shuttle Endeavour on top of the 747?

I haven't had time yet to edit the video and replace the bad sound, but here is the first of two passes that Endeavour and Shuttle Carrier made at MHV last Friday. Click on the image to play the video - again my apologies for the bad sound.

This was very bittersweet for me, as I saw Columbia, the first fully functional Shuttle, on her first ever flight segment, on top of the Shuttle Carrier, in Oklahoma City in 1980, on her way to KSC to be mated for the first time with the SRB's and External Tank for launch on STS-1 which occurred in April of 1981. I was 10 years old.

Last Friday, I saw the last ever flight segment, for the Shuttle program, as Endeavour made her way from Edwards to LAX, to become a museum piece, with more than 75% of her useful life remaining.

First to last - very emotional for many folks at MHV, myself included.

[IcePaq]

Re: Who saw the Space Shuttle Endeavour on top of the 747?

It looks like we will be running cars on KSC runway again around october 17th so I will try to get pics of the main and nose gear touch down points since those points are where the shuttle last flew.

I find the stopping points pictured on the net but not touch down.