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Post number 10985

Sal Amander — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 15:24:18 -0800

Cool slideshow of the Space Shuttle being piggy-backed by the NASA 747. The #3 slide did give me a scare though.

By: kliuless

kliuless — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 15:36:51 -0800

i'm thinking it, but i'm not going to say it... neat show!

By: whatnotever

whatnotever — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 16:11:02 -0800

What, were they just flying in circles over Tallahassee or something? That's what it looks like. And as for the scare-slide, that would be kinda freaky if a miniature shuttle piggybacked on a miniature 747 ran into a building like that.

By: skallas

skallas — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 16:22:02 -0800

When I was a kid I thought the piggybacked 747 was the coolest thing in the world. Its still cool. I wonder if any RC plane enthusiast has made one yet.

By: noisemartyr

noisemartyr — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 16:52:04 -0800

Ahh, my old stomping grounds gettin ght espotlight on MeFi. When I was a youngster in "Tally" (what the locals call it) we would go out on the soccer fields during the school day just to watch the shuttle. Those were the days.

By: clevershark

clevershark — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 17:25:30 -0800

I can think of a bad "Fly United" joke, but I'm not going to share it :-) What surprises me is that the 747 usually flies much lower than usual when it is carrying the shuttle. It flew right over my school in Quebec City in 83 (or was it 84) and its altitude was much, much lower than regular planes.

By: holgate

holgate — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 17:56:58 -0800

Cool pictures: but doesn't the Tallahassee Capitol building look like the architects were reading 1984?

By: thewittyname

thewittyname — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 19:44:15 -0800

So would that be the Minipax, Minitrue, Miniluv or Miniplenty compound?

By: louie

louie — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 20:50:15 -0800

holgate: no, if you look at a better shot, you realize they'd just been reading too much porn.