billg22
spending too much on rocks
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Post by billg22 on Oct 13, 2012 15:59:14 GMT -5
Rushed over to my home town of Inglewood California to catch some history. Attachments:
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Post by Bikerrandy on Oct 13, 2012 18:03:32 GMT -5
Awesome!!  |
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Oct 13, 2012 19:54:08 GMT -5
Sweet! Pretty freaking amazing, huh? Glad so see some Orange County dwellers making the trek for this spectacular event!
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billg22
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Post by billg22 on Oct 13, 2012 22:53:35 GMT -5
At one point the wing was about five feet over my head. What was really cool is that they a half hour getting around one tree.
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The Dad_Ohs
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Post by The Dad_Ohs on Oct 13, 2012 23:23:20 GMT -5
She belongs back in Fla.!!!! :nono: :nono: :nono: Better take care of her or were coming over to bring her back home!!!!  |
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Oct 14, 2012 9:28:13 GMT -5
You got one, Mario! You can't have TWO!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2012 9:38:09 GMT -5
When you see them in person you are amazed at how big they are. I got to tour a mockup before they were built and it was hard to believe that they could blast something that big up into space. You were very lucky to get to see one up close. Thanks for sharing.
Jim
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billg22
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Post by billg22 on Oct 14, 2012 12:15:29 GMT -5
The Endeavour "parade" has been great for So Cal. People all along the streets cheering the big bird. For me seeing all the people from kids to grandparents with big old smiles as it passed by, amazing! Where I work sits in the middle of the Aerospace capital of the world, El Segundo. So much flight history in the Inglewood, Hawthorne, Westchester and South Bay area.
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Oct 16, 2012 10:47:40 GMT -5
I just got some intel from a friend who knows somebody at the Science Center. In the temporary exhibit, it sits on its cart like it is in Bill's picture. But he said when they get it into it's permanent display, it's going to sit upright, on a fake orange "main fuel tank", like it was about to blast off. At least that's the official current plan. I'm not sure if I like that idea or not -- I think of it more like an airplane, which should be horizontal!
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billg22
spending too much on rocks
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Post by billg22 on Oct 16, 2012 21:18:37 GMT -5
I also heard about it being upright. The good thing about it is that the storage bay will be open so we can peek inside.
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Oct 16, 2012 21:28:22 GMT -5
Yeah, they should put some fake satellites in there or sometihng. Maybe an alien on the wing? ;-)
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Post by rocklicker on Oct 17, 2012 16:19:29 GMT -5
Truly amazing! I missed a flyover on the back of a 747 in Oakland, CA. We were there right when it was going to do some circles around the SF bay area. Somehow we missed it, so thanks for posting.
DadOhs, it belongs in SPACE!
Steve
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