Gallery: Discovery Fly-over
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Gallery: Discovery Fly-over
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I was walking from one building to another in downtown DC (by design) when Discovery was flown over. Bad cell phone with a worse camera, so this is what I got. I was mostly busy watching anyway, along with many others. Discovery made three passes; I saw two of them (but got only the one pic).
It was very exciting to see!!
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Several friends have sent me other (better) pics; will post them tonight if they grant me permission to do so.It was very exciting to see!!
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From Downtown DC
Copyright: Roslyn Pachoca
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Copyright: Roslyn Pachoca
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Space Shuttle Discovery Flown Over the U.S. Capitol
NASA Image of the Day | 2012 Apr 17
NASA Image of the Day | 2012 Apr 17
Space shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, is seen as it flies near the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, April 17, 2012, in Washington. Discovery, the first orbiter retired from NASA’s shuttle fleet, completed 39 missions, spent 365 days in space, orbited the Earth 5,830 times, and traveled 148,221,675 miles. NASA will transfer Discovery to the National Air and Space Museum to begin its new mission to commemorate past achievements in space and to educate and inspire future generations of explorers.
Image Credit: NASA/Smithsonian Institution/Harold Dorwin
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Hey, even the guys renovating the statue are pausing to look. What's up with the little escort the shuttle has? Were they making sure no other flights happened at the same time? I guess if I were transporting a space shuttle I'd want security to be tight, too.
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geckzilla wrote:
What's up with the little escort the shuttle has? Were they making sure no other flights happened at the same time? I guess if I were transporting a space shuttle I'd want security to be tight, too.
It is a "chase plane" : safety and photo.
http://www.aviationbanter.com/archive/index.php/t-6729.html wrote:
On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 11:12:06 -0700, Hobo > wrote:
> What is the purpose of "chase planes" that are always involved
> with the testing of every new aircraft design?
Mary Shafer wrote:
There are two kinds of chase planes: safety and photo.
Safety chase is there for safety of flight--the chase pilot takes the
radio calls, watches for traffic, makes sure they stay inside the
restricted area, keeps an eye out for fluids leaks or parts falling
off, acts as a pacer aircraft to be sure the CADS is working about
right, looks for anomalies like flutter or buffet, and, if required,
acts as RESCAP.
Photo chase carries the photographer or videographer, obviously. The
photo chase pilot will also be a safety chase.
At Dryden, research aircraft have to have a safety chase at all times,
except in the landing pattern. On long flights, we could use the EDW
tanker crew as an interim safety chase while we swapped safety chases,
ensuring that the research vehicle was never flying all by itself, out
of everyone's view.Dan Ford wrote:
They do useful things like confirming that the test aircraft's wheels
are down (or up, as the case may be).
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From GSFC
Copyright: Gyorgy Fekete
Copyright: Gyorgy Fekete
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Copyright: Peter Teuben
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DC Arrival
Copyright: Greg Redfern
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I took these from the parking lot at Udvar Hazy.
Enjoy.
Fullsize: http://i.imgur.com/XbTJQ.jpg
Fullsize: http://i.imgur.com/RoDyJ.jpg
Fullsize: http://i.imgur.com/1Gj00.jpg
Enjoy.
Fullsize: http://i.imgur.com/XbTJQ.jpg
Fullsize: http://i.imgur.com/RoDyJ.jpg
Fullsize: http://i.imgur.com/1Gj00.jpg
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Oh, so that's what that little airplane is. I feel so silly now for mistaking it for a fighter jet earlier.
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Re: Gallery: Discovery Fly-over
geckzilla wrote:
Oh, so that's what that little airplane is. I feel so silly now for mistaking it for a fighter jet earlier.
Click to play embedded YouTube video.
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Awesome seeing Space Shuttle Discovery. Here's a couple of my pictures from the event.
Copyright: Neil Winston I have the rest of my pictures of the event here http://www.flickr.com/photos/53210246@N ... 942261380/
Copyright: Neil Winston I have the rest of my pictures of the event here http://www.flickr.com/photos/53210246@N ... 942261380/