Snidely wrote:

Peter Stickney explained on 9/22/2012 :
Rick Jones wrote:

Now, here is a chase plane in NASA livery down at LAX, but it
looks like an F/A-18 derivative?



http://www.flickr.com/photos/bravo45...31045/in/pool-
spaceshuttleendeavour/



http://www.flickr.com/photos/bravo45...29539/in/pool-
spaceshuttleendeavour/

Two chase:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lomara/8010555486/in/pool-
spaceshuttleendeavour/

Sedan Model (2-seat) F-18, one of NASA's fleet.


I didn't see the cahse planes land (they flew by on the SCA's
landing, with instructions "don't initiate the climb until you're
over the water").

Was I just not alert enough, or did they head back to Dryden, or on
to a nearby military strip?

Can't say, I'm on the other coast adn my glasses aren't strong enough.


But the NASA F-18s are based at Dryden, so I'd assume they get back
there at some point.

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Pete Stickney
From the foothills of the Florida Alps