Let's see if I can get this right using an attachment..
Let's see if I can get this right using an attachment..Here's a photo of two F-16's taking off with the SCA/Shuttle in the background from Fort Worth yesterday. It sort of looks like they're making a run on the stack - pew pew pew!
Quote from: sprtnsky on 12/12/2008 02:44 pmIt bugs about the flight plan on a clear day.other routes allowed the country to see and today they want to fly the coast line.bah hum bugSure. And the route also passes pretty close to MAF and Stennis. Might be nice for the people that make these machines go to get a rare look, as was done for JSC yesterday.
It bugs about the flight plan on a clear day.other routes allowed the country to see and today they want to fly the coast line.bah hum bug
That was my first thought when I so the southern coast route. It would be nice if they could do a fly around MAF for the people to see. Problem, this is a longer flight (816 miles) and may be close to the Max for a flight.
I would guess the landing will be to the north.........
My understanding is that each of those yellow circles on the track shown on "FlightExplorer" represents an "airfield" of some sort. This not only helps with navigation, but gives potential emergency landing options. (I would expect the SCA with Shuttle wold "glide like a brick")
Quote from: Retired Downrange on 12/12/2008 03:19 pmMy understanding is that each of those yellow circles on the track shown on "FlightExplorer" represents an "airfield" of some sort. This not only helps with navigation, but gives potential emergency landing options. (I would expect the SCA with Shuttle wold "glide like a brick") Some of them are airfields, but I don't believe all of them are -- they're more like waypoints.
http://travel.flightexplorer.com/trackFlight.aspxsays nasa912 is in flight
did others NASA TV go blank?