Saturday, June 30, 2012

No. 61 NASA Super Guppy brings home 1st Major Piece of Shuttle Trainer

June 30th, 2012
Boeing Field
King County International Airport, Seattle Washington


John Brecher / msnbc.com
 One of the strangest flying metal bird in aviation history came by Seattle, Wa to drop off its first of three special deliveries. Just before noon NASA’s Super Guppy aircraft, carrying Crew Compartment of the Space Shuttle Trainer, broke through some low ceiling clouds just in time to make a low level flyover over the runway before heading to downtown Seattle on its way up the shoreline to Everett, WA.  Super Guppy NASA941 returned to Boeing Field around 12:30pm to a large crowed gathered along the runway, Perimter Road, the Hills, and the Museum of Flight Parking Lot.





NASA Super Guppy
Super Guppy Cargo Transport over Elliot Bay, Seattle WA
NASA Super Guppy
Super Guppy over Georgetown District
NASA Super Guppy
NASA Super Guppy flies low over the Runway at Boeing Field
NASA Super Guppy
NASA Guppy flies abeam the Museum of Flight
NASA Super Guppy
Shuttle Trainer headed for downtown Seattle
Space Needle meets Space Shuttle (Joshua Trujillo, seattlepi.com)

NASA Super Guppy
Shuttle on Short Final
NASA Super Guppy
The FST has landed in the Emerald City
NASA Super Guppy
First large Fuselage Section rolls down the runway to Museum of Flight
NASA Super Guppy
Bring the Shuttle FST to its new home

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