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Old September 8th 12, 02:43 AM posted to sci.space.history
Brian Thorn[_2_]
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Default Dumb question: what's to become of the 747's?

On Fri, 7 Sep 2012 21:44:12 +0000 (UTC), (Joseph
Nebus) wrote:


I seem to have missed all talk of what's to become of the
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. Would anyone informed care to say?


One is being kept as spare parts for SOFIA and the other as a SOFIA
training aircraft. (SOFIA: Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared
Astronomy, another modifed 747.)

Brian