cool Endeavor "piggyback" photos

[Java The Hut]

check out these cool shuttle photos







found at http://gizmodo.com/5112331/stunning-zenithal-shot-of-space-shuttle-flying-on-top-of-747


~Java

[Java The Hut]

and a super hi-res of the Columbia piggybacked

http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/imageviewer.cfm?mediaid=7304&mr=l&w=0&h=0&fn=01padig106&sn=KSC-01PADIG-106

[Geekyfanboy]

That is always amazing looking... great pics.

[billybob476]

No matter how many times I see that I am amazed that such a contraption can actually fly.

[Feathers]

They flew one of the early ones over London like that once when we were kids. I think it might even have been Enterprise.

The family all went into town as far as the Thames to be sure to see it fly over. I can't remember if we have any pictures but I still remember the sight.

[M-5]

Cool pictures!  For some reason the opening sequence of Moonraker came to mind.

[Bryancd]

Yep, the only way to get her back to the Cape when they land at Edwards.

[billybob476]

Yep, the only way to get her back to the Cape when they land at Edwards.

I have my glider pilots license. I always thought that it's be interesting if they did the transport with a tow plane and line. You'd have someone in the shuttle piloting it, take off behind the tow plane, do a cross-country tow and then release the shuttle at the Cape and have it land on it's own there.

Kinda like the image below but BIGGER! :)

[Rico]

Physics is truly amazing sometimes!