Results 1 to 10 of 17
Hybrid View
-
Tue Apr 17 2012, 10:42 AM #1Hokie!
- Join Date
- January 05, 2001
- Location
- Washington DC
- Posts
- 22,859
Space Shuttle Discovery doing laps 'round the National Mall this morning...
"For relaxing times...make it Suntory time!"
-
Tue Apr 17 2012, 10:44 AM #2Hokie!
- Join Date
- January 05, 2001
- Location
- Washington DC
- Posts
- 22,859
[The image in the post is small. Click on the pic for an enlargement.]
"For relaxing times...make it Suntory time!"
-
Tue Apr 17 2012, 10:47 AM #3
- Join Date
- October 08, 1999
- Location
- Bristow, Va.
- Posts
- 10,847
Just flew over my house in Bristow. My, that's a big one.
"Live people ignore the strange and unusual. I myself am strange and unusual."
-- Lydia (Winona Ryder), Beetlejuice
-
Tue Apr 17 2012, 10:58 AM #4
- Join Date
- January 01, 2005
- Posts
- 5,785
I walked down to Bluemont park and caught it twice while sitting on the soccer field. What a remarkable sight.
-
Tue Apr 17 2012, 11:02 AM #5
- Join Date
- January 05, 2001
- Posts
- 5,675
I remember seeing the Soviet Buran shuttle at the 1989 Paris Air Show.
800px-Antonov_An-225_with_Buran_at_Le_Bourget_1989_Manteufel-2.jpg
-
Tue Apr 17 2012, 11:06 AM #6Hokie!
- Join Date
- August 15, 2004
- Posts
- 12,205
Was at Carilion Monument- I'll put some pics up tonight when I get home.
-
Tue Apr 17 2012, 11:08 AM #7Hokie!
- Join Date
- November 20, 2002
- Location
- Montgomery Village, MD
- Posts
- 738
She has finished her last flight
She served us well
Originally Posted by great2bahokie
-
Tue Apr 17 2012, 11:10 AM #8
- Join Date
- October 14, 1999
- Posts
- 7,129
Awesome sight. Wasn't expecting that many laps around the city, but loved it. Props to NASA for doing this.
-
Tue Apr 17 2012, 11:21 AM #9Hokie!
- Join Date
- March 06, 2005
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Posts
- 6,575
Friend just posted this to facebook. Guess she happened to be at IAD when it landed, pretty cool. Too bad her cell phone camera apparently sucks
Capture.JPGI like turtles
-
Tue Apr 17 2012, 11:40 AM #10Senior Member
- Join Date
- December 05, 2004
- Location
- Tampa
- Posts
- 8,432
"Discovery flight 26 now boarding at gate A2...A4...A6..."
"All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost."
Reply With Quote
