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Dumb question: what's to become of the 747's?
I seem to have missed all talk of what's to become of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. Would anyone informed care to say? -- http://nebusresearch.wordpress.com/ Joseph Nebus Current Entry: Why Someone Should Not Take That Deal http://wp.me/p1RYhY-iG ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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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 |
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Dumb question: what's to become of the 747's?
Joseph Nebus presented the following explanation :
I seem to have missed all talk of what's to become of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. Would anyone informed care to say? BTW, some interesting pic's available at NASA's site. http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/gigapan-sca2/ for instance. /dps -- Who, me? And what lacuna? |
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