Unusual Sight in the Sky Tomorrow

[SacramentoMike]

Good job getting to a prime location Mike. I opted for 7th Ave rather than deal with the crowds. Did you see the return flight and second pass?

I saw it, but due to a camera (operator) failure, it may or may not have happened.

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[beemerdons]

Hey this is a really great thread: But Old Michael, Bustanut joker and Papa Chuy have been flying around in outer space for many years now! jes' sayin' and nuff' said!

 

[FJRay]

Hey this is a really great thread: But Old Michael, Bustanut joker and Papa Chuy have been flying around in outer space for many years now! jes' sayin' and nuff' said!

I think in your case it is inner space cause you have your head in your ***. I'm sure Barry does anyway. :lol:

 

[azitlies]

I heard this one today...

this guy walks into a Psychiatrists office. Oddly, he's naked and wrapped in cellophane. He looks at the Shrink and says... Doc, doc, I'm in trouble. Pleeease tell me what's wrong with me!!

the shrink studies him for a moment... then says... well one things for sure! I can see your nuts!

somehow, that seemed appropriate for this thread

 

[RsvlFeej]

Got lucky and had the shuttle fly over the parking lot of the building where I work on the first pass. Way cool.

 

[Bugnatr]

I heard this one today...

this guy walks into a Psychiatrists office. Oddly, he's naked and wrapped in cellophane. He looks at the Shrink and says... Doc, doc, I'm in trouble. Pleeease tell me what's wrong with me!!

the shrink studies him for a moment... then says... well one things for sure! I can see your nuts!

somehow, that seemed appropriate for this thread

You will do just fine around here

 

[BikerGeek99]

VERY cool pics, guys!

Thanks for sharing 'em!

 

[wheatonFJR]

Very cool photos everybody...thanks for posting. :clapping:

@sacmike: I think that's an F-14 escort plane.

This is an F-18...

I may be wrong...but I don't think so.

In any event, the shuttle photos are real cool. Not bad for a 1960s/70s design.

 

[gixxerjasen]

I thought the F14's were retired? F15 maybe?

 

[gixxerjasen]

Looking through the google search pics with date restrictions I see a lot of photos clearly showing an F18, nothing clearly showing any F14 or F15 though but some do look toward that manner, and they certainly could have changed escorts at certain points.

https://www.universetoday.com/97527/fly-over-california-alongside-a-space-shuttle/

 

[wheatonFJR]

I knew the F14s were retired...but thought that it might be a NASA plane and not military.

The air intakes sure look like the F-14...but I guess I was wrong.

<Rosanne Rosannadanna voice> Never mind. <Rosanne Rosannadanna voice>

 

 

[gixxerjasen]

This looks like an F15 for sure, which has similar intakes as the F14.

 

[wheatonFJR]

Yep...definitely looks like the 15...not an 18 or a 14.

 

[TomInPA]

I wasn't focused on the escort, but here is a little bigger crop from the image posted above.

 

[gixxerjasen]

Thanks for clearing that up. F15 for certain.

 

[SacramentoMike]

Guy on TV said it was an F-18, What do I know? Although I'm positive it's not an F-150.

I've got one of those.

 

[gixxerjasen]

Likely they were doing a lot of handoffs in letting various folks from the different branches do the escort service. The image in my link above is clearly an F18, but we also see pics of an F15 as well.

 

[SacramentoMike]

Likely they were doing a lot of handoffs in letting various folks from the different branches do the escort service. The image in my link above is clearly an F18, but we also see pics of an F15 as well.

Just as long as that was the real Space Shuttle on the back of that 747, and not one a' these or somethin'

 

[gixxerjasen]

Is that the guppy?

 

[Roy Epperson]

Is that the guppy?

Yep. Impressive up close and personal.