Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)
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Apparently ever since the Columbia disaster a NASA WB-57 was used to track and photograph all shuttle launches maybe it's from one of those.
http://atoc.colorado.edu/~seand/headinacloud/?p=44
http://atoc.colorado.edu/~seand/headinacloud/?p=44
FourWheelDrift said:
Apparently ever since the Columbia disaster a NASA WB-57 was used to track and photograph all shuttle launches maybe it's from one of those.
http://atoc.colorado.edu/~seand/headinacloud/?p=44
Don't think so, must be an earlier launch as the name isn't on the wings.http://atoc.colorado.edu/~seand/headinacloud/?p=44
Edit: must be Colombia pre refit too. Orange tank narrows it down to sts5 or 9. Assuming the picture is real.
Edited by happygoron on Saturday 4th July 21:45
It is an early picture of Columbia. Columbia could always be identified because the wing/fuselage fillets were painted black. The other shuttles had predominantly white wing fillets.
The SRBs separate 2 1/2 minutes after launch when the Shuttle is travelling at around 5,000 mph and at an altitude of around 28 miles. To get a shot like that you would need an extremely powerful lens an an extremely stable platform.
To me there is an element to this picture which does not quite ring true. The sky looks a little too blue to me. Most images of the SRB separation seem to show a much darker sky behind the Shuttle - possibly because the lens has been stopped down to counter the glare from teh exhausts.
The SRBs separate 2 1/2 minutes after launch when the Shuttle is travelling at around 5,000 mph and at an altitude of around 28 miles. To get a shot like that you would need an extremely powerful lens an an extremely stable platform.
To me there is an element to this picture which does not quite ring true. The sky looks a little too blue to me. Most images of the SRB separation seem to show a much darker sky behind the Shuttle - possibly because the lens has been stopped down to counter the glare from teh exhausts.
yellowjack said:
Collectingbrass said:
Red Arrows over Heathrow for the start of their run to mark the manga carta celebration.. I'm always glad I don't work the tower, but particularly not that day!
Photo credit belongs to Red 1 / RAF, however much I might wish it was mine...
Collectingbrass said:
yellowjack said:
Collectingbrass said:
Red Arrows over Heathrow for the start of their run to mark the manga carta celebration.. I'm always glad I don't work the tower, but particularly not that day!
Photo credit belongs to Red 1 / RAF, however much I might wish it was mine...
lloyd h said:
Great shot of an interesting design.From dead head on reminds me of a mini F14.
From all other angles....not so much
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