Originally Posted By SuperDry As I was eating my breakfast this morning at home, I heard a jet airplane that sounded very loud, and very low and close. There are passenger jets flying above all day long, but they are high enough that I never really hear them even when outside. This one was low and LOUD even with the windows closed. With some trepidation, I look out my window, and see a 747-100 with a very unusual piggyback payload - the space shuttle Endeavour. It must have been preparing for landing at Ellington AFB / Johnson Space Center for refueling on its way to its final home in Los Angeles. The base is quite a ways away from where I live, so I'm a bit surprised that its flight path would take it directly overhead and so low, but it provided a unique treat to start the day with.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 That's cool! A friend of mine in New Orleans also saw it and posted pictures on Facebook. Of course, it was not as close to the ground there, but still...
Originally Posted By skinnerbox << It must have been preparing for landing at Ellington AFB / Johnson Space Center for refueling on its way to its final home in Los Angeles.>> It is an amazing sight. I got to see the Enterprise piggybacked onto an old American Airlines 747 when it refueled at Eglin AFB on its inaugural trip to Kennedy Space Center, back in the late seventies. It really looks cool as it takes off from the runway.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper I was at the runway at Kennedy when Columbian came back from California once and there was a significant crosswind. The plane was at a 45 degree angle to the runway until nearly touchdown when he swung the nose around. You could hear people all around us breathing a sigh of relief. It was amazing.
Originally Posted By danyoung skipper, Columbian is another thing entirely. You saw the Columbia. And on these final flights they tend to fly very close to the ground over major cities - kind of a final goodbye. Very very cool, SuperDry!
Originally Posted By dshyates I saw the low fly over the Space Coast (Cocoa Beach) this morning. It was very cool.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub Today's LPLatest has video of the ENDEAVOR Ferry Flight over the Magic Kingdom and Epcot this morn.And you can hear someone say awesome in the background. It is even that awesome just to view this online. Thanks LP for being Up-to-Date for us! p.s.I did not notice a direct link included for us to discuss
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub I guess we will see it down the streets of LAX soon on the news if it has already passed over you in Houston area?,Superdry. GOOGLE EARTH TOUR: Space Shuttle Endeavor's Ferry Flight flight plan included : I guess it will even fly over San Francisco, so you were very lucky to witness this! Did you take a picture?
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Well, I saw a Columbian while watching the Columbia. She was smooth. ..........the shuttle.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder I guess it ends up landing at LAX before noon on Friday. It will spend Thursday night at Edwards AFB, then take off early Friday morning to buzz parts of the state, including Disneyland and the Queen Mary.
