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Space Shuttle Endeavour departs from the Space Coast for the last time this AM.

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Bill


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She arrived at Ellington Field in Houston.....anyone notice the upside down Texas flag?

A few from League City.....






I've never missed seeing it when it came through here, not once. Now it's a thing I will never see again. Sigh.

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Cheers,
Kurt Maurer
League City, Texas

PIC, Ford 6600 pulling Rhino batwing up and down the runway

At least you got to see it, NASA has never brought a shuttle through Phx, despite the fact that Honeywell in Deervalley, built the avionics and part of the control systems for both it and the space station.

I asked them why they would not bring the shuttle to Phx and all I got for a answer was, they were not paying the bill.

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Matt Gunsch, A&P, IA, Warbird maint and restorations
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A sad day...

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"Everyone wants to live here (New Jersey), evidenced by the fact that it has the highest population per capita in the U.S..."

And a few more. It was crowded at EFD, took me 40 minutes just to go from Clear Lake City Blvd to the first EFD exit-about 2 miles.

A great shot from NASA...




Some good stuff on these links...

http://www.launchphotography.com/Endeav ... sheye.html


http://www.launchphotography.com/Endeav ... ornia.html

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"Everyone wants to live here (New Jersey), evidenced by the fact that it has the highest population per capita in the U.S..."

Ironically, I missed seeing this on more than one occasion.
I was in New Orleans when they originally were going to do the fly by at Michoud, but that got delayed for weather (rained like a SOB that day anyway). Then, I missed it by a day at Houston for another delay. At least I was able to do the JSC NASA tour which I'm sure would've been a madhouse otherwise.
Really ironic, I flew the Enterprise Simulator several times at the Adult Space Camp in Huntsville just a few days before!



Oh well, at least I have seen orbiters flying on the backs of SCA 747s in the past. When I lived in Florida, they'd buzz Tallahassee every few years.

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Some spectacular pictures of the Shuttle moving through the LA streets:

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/10/12/490705 ... 0Galleries

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"Everyone wants to live here (New Jersey), evidenced by the fact that it has the highest population per capita in the U.S..."

Dig that shot of Endeavour passing by Randy's Donuts! Makes you want to hum a few bars of Randy Newman's "I Love L.A."

(obligatory: "MMMMM... Donuts!")

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)