Shuttle flying over my house tomorrow morning...photo op!

[Dans 68]

The Space Shuttle Endeavour is being shuttled to Moffett Field tomorrow morning on a farewell flight http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Space-Shuttle-Endeavours-Salute-to-Moffett-Field-170213426.html. I hope to get a few good photos of the flyover, so I will be on my roof at 9:00 am sharp.  
Dan

[Todd Wilson]

Good luck!  Sad to see it all ending......................


Todd

[myk]

Bittersweet moment, to be sure...

[chargerboy69]

Good luck!  Sad to see it all ending......................


Todd

It is sad to see it end.  I am curious if it may start up again say. . . after November. 

I doubt it, just not sure why they ended the program without anything to take its place.

[JB400]

Had to pay for Obamacare and all those bailouts somehow.   We'll get up there again with the next guy.

[John_Kunkel]

Over Sacramento this morning.

[Dans 68]

Over my house, in Sunnyvale, around 10:35 am this morning. Mighty impressive....   

Dan

[JB400]

That's pretty cool.  Unfortunately, that'll probably be the last time it's up in the air.  Too bad I didn't get to see it launch in person.  Seen them on t.v.

[Ponch ®]

Dude awesome pics.

I got too see it from my work, but it didn't fly close enough to take good pics with my phone 

[68X426]

Thanks Dan. 

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Nice shots! 

[1970Moparmann]

Awesome pics!!!

[ChgrSteve67]

I was fortuanate to see it up close in the late 80's when it was refuling in Texas.

That is one BFM

Amazing a 747 can even fly with the shuttle on its back. The Shuttle is no small piece of hardware.

End of a ERA. I'm sad to see the shuttle fleet retired, never to visit space again.
I'm hoping to see it on display in LA some day.

[71ChallengeHer]

Great pics 

[resq302]

very nice pics!  thanks for sharing.

[A383Wing]

great pics guys...they are now saved on my hard drive   

Bryan

[mrsskip68]

Look at all those missing tiles!  (Made in China?    )

[Bob T]

Wow, great pics Dan, Thanks

[tan top]

  awesome pictures !! thanks for posting 

[ACUDANUT]

I wonder how much that Space Shuttle weighs ?

[RIDELIKEHELL]

  Killer pictures and like evreyone else said thx for posting

[flyinlow]

Great shots 

Got to see the last Discovery Launch and landing last year. Hate to see them retire without a   replacement.

I wonder how much that Space Shuttle weighs ?

About 190,000  lbs empty.  It is heavy for its size, about the same size as a DC 9 that weighs about 65,000 lbs empty.

The 747 can lift that much if you don't fill its fuel tanks all the way, but you would also have the extra wind drag of the orbiter. I think they can only go about 1000 miles at a  reduced altitute below 15,000 feet vs 6-7000 miles and 40,000 feet alt. with passengers /cargo.

[Ponch ®]

Great shots 

Got to see the last Discovery Launch and landing last year. Hate to see them retire without a   replacement.

I wonder how much that Space Shuttle weighs ?

About 190,000  lbs empty.  It is heavy for its size, about the same size as a DC 9 that weighs about 65,000 lbs empty.

The 747 can lift that much if you don't fill its fuel tanks all the way, but you would also have the extra wind drag of the orbiter. I think they can only go about 1000 miles at a  reduced altitute below 15,000 feet vs 6-7000 miles and 40,000 feet alt. with passengers /cargo.

my buddy and I were talking about this yesterday (neither one of us is particularly well versed in the field of aeronautics, so...) and I posited the theory that since the shuttle is pretty much a massive lifting body that was designed to glide, it kinda "assists" with its own transportation atop the 747. I dunno, I could be completely wrong.

[BigBlackDodge]

Had to pay for Obamacare and all those bailouts somehow.   We'll get up there again with the next guy.

It was cancelled in 2004.



http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_did_NASA_stop_space_shuttle_program

BBD

[JB400]

True, but Obama canceled the replacement rocket program.

[c00nhunterjoe]

747s are beasts. You would be surprised at what they can do

[Tilar]

Cool pics! 

[Rolling_Thunder]

747s are beasts. You would be surprised at what they can do

Almost as much as a C-5 ?   

[472 R/T SE]

Great pix Dan.  How'd you know it would come over your house?

[Fred]

Look at all those missing tiles!  (Made in China?    )

[Fred]

Only just stumbled on this thread. 
Mighy impressive alright and great shots. I've also copied them to a folder.
Thanks for sharing. 

[Dans 68]

Great pix Dan.  How'd you know it would come over your house?

I heard that the Endeavour was going to do a flyby of Moffett Field, where work was done in support of the Shuttle program, to honor the employees. As I happen to live under the approach to the main runway, a mile or so away, I waited a few hours until it appeared. As one of my relatives put it "there was finally a positive to having all the past aircraft fly over our home all these years".     Again, an amazing machine. I've attached a few more photos of the flyby.

Dan

[John_Kunkel]

Here's a cool video of the LA overflight and landing at LAX.

http://vimeo.com/49951568

[Troy]

Interesting. Nasa used to have T-38s as chase plans. I guess they upgraded.

Troy

[472 R/T SE]

Here's a cool video of the LA overflight and landing at LAX.

http://vimeo.com/49951568

Wow, thanks for that.   

It would have been cool to just ride in the shuttle.

[C_stripes]

I still don't understand why they are going to have a Toyota Tundra pull it to its final spot. Why not a American company, even a Ford, as long as it is an AMERICAN company. And this is coming from a guy that gets his paycheck from Toyota

[ACUDANUT]

Yea, that is Bullshit.
Also, I think this tread should have read "X Space Shuttle being carried around" technically it is not flying.

[JB400]

Yea, that is Bullshit.
Also, I think this tread should have read "X Space Shuttle being carried around" technically it is not flying.

It's in the air, it's flying.  Even if not under its own propulsion