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Discovery Shuttle Landing pics (updated!)

Silverstar

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Well...I woke up early to see this, nearly shat myself when I heard the sonic booms, then went as close as I could to take pics (sorry for qual...through a fence is all I could do)

Just thought I would share!

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Tried to touch up the last one....like I said, sorry for qual, can't get up close, but I think I might have connections later today :D
 
damn Silverstar, thats what i call being fast and up to date :thumbsup:
 
nice pics ... :shock:
 
?

did you quickly ran to florida when they decided it couldn't land in california (or vice versa, dunno) or sth?

cool pics though
 
haha604 said:
You live near a military base or something?
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the location written under his avatar could be a hint
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Yes, I would say I live quite close... :D :mrgreen:
 
Here's a couple more, brought it across the base to the Dryden Section, gonna lift it up on the scaffolding to mount on the 747

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Closer shots, desert heat is pretty bad but I thought I will get a closeup
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Then...look what I saw lurking out of a hangar, and sounding loud :D


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Ultra_Kool_Dude said:
Cool pics! :thumbsup:

What's that lurking in the hangar - an F22 Raptor? :shock:

BTW: SR71 in the sig is great too.
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Aye, about 6 raptors here for flight testing....well...since this is the Air Force Flight Test Center :D

thx for sig compliment too :D
 
very cool pics :thumbsup:
i'd love to see more pics of the shuttle when it's going to be mounted on the 747 :)
 
It'll be about Friday when they have it completely mounted, I'll be able to take some more pics, then some after takeoff :D

Thx for compliments :D
 
Here is an in flight one...they acually were crap...by the time it was too late, I saw that it was taken in VGA...so they were crap. But I thought I would show it in another way along w/ normal pic...so I can show that it is there!

The white from the forum makes it a little harder to see

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In the original you kind acually tell the nose of the ship if you take a good squint at it.

Here is a slight enhance
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holy shit that's cool! Almost makes me want to join the AF, almost. hehe. When I was driving back from California to Colorado, in Nevada we got to see a group of F22s fly low over the desert, freakin amazing machines. if the AF could guarantee me a spot in one of those I'd be in basic before the Ink had time to dry on my papers.
 
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