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doug.ilg(at)verizon.net
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:32 am Post subject: Shuttle fly-by

I just got down from the roof of the building I work in.  We  watched the Space Shuttle Discovery do its tour or DC atop its 747  carrier.  It made 2 passes very close to our building (we are under the  flight path for National Airport) with a T-38 in trail.  I'd attach a  picture, but we aren't allowed to have cameras, here.

Very cool.  And a bit sad.

Thought all you aviation groupies might be interested. 

Doug Ilg

Grumman Tiger N74818, College Park Airport (KCGS), Maryland

Challenger II LSS LW (N641LG reserved) - kit underway at Laurel Suburban (W18)

 

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nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelect
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:48 am Post subject: Shuttle fly-by

At 09:30 AM 4/17/2012, you wrote:

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		  I just got down from the roof of the building I work in.  We watched 

the Space Shuttle Discovery do its tour or DC atop its 747 

carrier.  It made 2 passes very close to our building (we are under 

the flight path for National Airport) with a T-38 in trail.  I'd 

attach a picture, but we aren't allowed to have cameras, here.



Very cool.  And a bit sad.


	


   It's good that these fledgling examples of 'space

   travel' be preserved and remembered for the benefits

   realized and the risks endured to get this far. The

   REALLY sad fact is that the folks who designed,

   crafted, maintained and flew these machines do not

   have the next generation trailing in their footsteps.



   But maybe things are going along as they should

   be. There was a short time in aviation history that

   airplanes like this were the epitome of successful

   design goals . . .



http://tinyurl.com/7jn9rgl



   The machines that replaced them were so much faster

   that one didn't need to Plan on sleeping through

   part of the trip . . . or exploiting the work-product

   of an on-board chef! The succeeding generations now

   carry us through lethal atmospheres at speeds many

   times faster than driving at a fraction of the cost

   of driving.



   The future is yet to come . . .

   Bob . . .

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