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Old 09-21-2012, 03:52 PM   #1
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Hi Guy's



Last night I saw on TV the map they were showing of the Space Shuttle "Endeavour's" fly over on it's way to it new home at the Space center in L.A.



I saw that the 747 & the shuttle were to fly over the L.A. harbor at San Pedro...That's where I live "Greg Out West"...I was watching on TV as the big Jet & the shuttle was doing fly over ...


As the Battleship USS Iowa just came to the port in July & they said the fly over path was coming over the Iowa..I thought I'll just get as close as I can to see if i can see it fly over



Just as I drove to where the Iowa is Berthed,,,I saw People pointing,,,saying there it is !!!! I looked out the window of my car and there it was the big 747 with the shuttle "Endeavour" on top...I could hear the 747 engine screaming as it went overhead.. It was close,,about a 1000 feet above



It's a memory I'll never forget..Felt good to be a "American" this day..God bless this great land "


Now I'll wipe my eye & get back to work on another American Icon "The Model A Ford"


Take care my friend's

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Old 09-21-2012, 03:57 PM   #2
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Greg,

Thanks for the "visual"...wish I were there to see it also.

God Bless America, our fighting men and women in the Armed Service and in Harms Way...The Endevor is truly the USA!

Pluck in smokey Southeastern Washington

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Old 09-21-2012, 05:00 PM   #3
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Old 09-21-2012, 05:09 PM   #4
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What a GREAT ERA for the USA! Sure hope things turn around for my Grandson. Bob
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Old 09-21-2012, 07:11 PM   #5
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here is a pic that my daughter took of the space shuttle discovery doing a fly over of D.C. in april on the way to the smithsonian. notice the fighter jet escort on the bottom of pic..
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Old 09-21-2012, 07:14 PM   #6
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Old 09-21-2012, 07:15 PM   #7
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Old 09-22-2012, 12:32 AM   #8
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we saw it here today in Sacramento
i was at sutters fort when it made the second pass
my son flew back to florida to witness the last launch
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Old 09-22-2012, 05:27 AM   #9
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I would have liked seeing that! I'm sure it was an awesome sight. I used to watch the launches from the Florida coast from my back yard, another awesome sight. When I worked at Vandenberg AFB, I used to watch the launches from the "block house" and it was always amazing to watch the lumbering Atlas missile rise toward the sky.
I think, however, what you witnessed trumps my experiences. Everytime I used to watch the "piggyback" videos of the shuttle, I always worried about it falling off. I wonder what a sight like that would be for the bicycle boys from Dayton, Ohio!

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Old 09-22-2012, 05:38 AM   #10
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Mitch, these are great pictures!

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Old 09-22-2012, 05:58 AM   #11
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Thanks for the pictures it is a shame that the program has ended,
However some of the NASA team will still have jobs doing GREEN energy projects with pond scum.
We are losing it as a country.
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Old 09-22-2012, 09:43 AM   #12
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Photo on approach to LAX.

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Old 09-22-2012, 10:52 AM   #13
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Before the beastie boys get here I will do it. ;-) Wrong forum this is a Model A board.
Great pictures of an end of an era.

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Old 09-22-2012, 04:50 PM   #14
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here's a link to a video of the flyover at Moffett Field in Mountain View, Calif. Disregard the first 8 minutes unless you like videos of crowds waiting. The Shuttle flies over at 8:30 minutes + or-

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-arc
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Old 09-22-2012, 05:05 PM   #15
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I worked at the Kennedy SC for the past 15 years..... no more. NASA's direction has changed and James you are correct. I won't get political but we as a nation do need to wake up and realize the direction we are heading......
Here is a pic I took of Endeavour and Atlantis facing each other for the last time.
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Old 09-24-2012, 01:31 PM   #16
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too bad for the 400 trees they cut down...
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Old 09-24-2012, 02:36 PM   #17
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Hey Big John,,



I heard something about the trees's... Is the shuddle too big to go down the street ?


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