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Pegasus 09-21-2012 11:23 AM
Space Shuttle Endeavour flyover
 
I just got some good footage a few minutes ago of the space shuttle, enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6thIMoiClTI

GSR 09-21-2012 11:41 AM
RE: Space Shuttle Endeavour flyover
 
It was a sight (both grand and sad) The thing flew RIGHT over my house after Boeing, I could have hit it with my Habu!!!. Scotty

mr_matt 09-21-2012 11:50 AM
RE: Space Shuttle Endeavour flyover
 
Yes saw it up here too. It was turning for i assume the obligatory hollywood sign shot.

Were those NASA T-38's with it?

f106jax 09-21-2012 11:51 AM
RE: Space Shuttle Endeavour flyover
 
Great vid! Thanks for sharing!

GrayUK 09-21-2012 12:10 PM
RE: Space Shuttle Endeavour flyover
 
Great video.
Sorry its gone. [:o]
Great piece of engineering.
We seem to be going backwards these days...Concord gone...spaceshuttle gone..
Paul G

GSR 09-21-2012 12:15 PM
RE: Space Shuttle Endeavour flyover
 
Hi Matt, Yes they were t-38s. Two weeks ago they mapped the route and used one of the NASA f-18s and one of the 38s. S

Pegasus 09-21-2012 12:18 PM
RE: Space Shuttle Endeavour flyover
 
It is sad that's that's the end of it. The chase planes were f-18's at least one was, not sure of the other.
It was hard filming it, I just wanted to put the camera down just to enjoy it, but figured this is forever better to try my best and get some good footage
Glad you guys like it, pretty amazing moment!

BlackCloud 09-21-2012 12:51 PM
RE: Space Shuttle Endeavour flyover
 
Thanks for the video. Awesome, but really so sad to see. Kinda like a funeral saying goodbye.

erbroens 09-21-2012 01:58 PM
RE: Space Shuttle Endeavour flyover
 
What a sight! thanks for posting it.


Not a sad vision IMO... machines always have been substituted for something better. Next step perhaps a single stage to orbit?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bkjiGGy0gc

hooker53 09-21-2012 04:22 PM
RE: Space Shuttle Endeavour flyover
 
ORIGINAL: erbroens

What a sight! thanks for posting it.


Not a sad vision IMO... machines always have been substituted for something better. Next step perhaps a single stage to orbit?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bkjiGGy0gc
Erbroens. Let's hope so but like some of the others stated, sometimes I also feel like we are going backwards. Big Governments need the big space money for their own interest and other advancements are laid to rest these days. Mabey when all these darn wars are over with , we can get back into space with something besides a robot. Ha.

Turbulence 09-21-2012 10:08 PM
RE: Space Shuttle Endeavour flyover
 
I got some video and pictures of it in Tucson AZ yesterday, not as high def or cool as yours, but check out post 60 and 62

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1543506

Ralph

erbroens 09-22-2012 04:21 AM
RE: Space Shuttle Endeavour flyover
 
Let's hope so but like some of the others stated, sometimes I also feel like we are going backwards. Big Governments need the big space money for their own interest and other advancements are laid to rest these days. Mabey when all these darn wars are over with , we can get back into space with something besides a robot. Ha.
I hope it too.. and what a robot! These days I watched the live broadcast of the curiosity mars mission landing and saw something that make my jaw drop. They tested a method of using the disc shaped capsule with its ablative disk as a hypersonic glider, controled by payload CG shifting and also reaction rockets. This allows pinpoint landing accuracy in planetary missions without carrying any fuel at all.. (not to mention the sky crane landing method that looked wild but worked perfectly).

This method turns more feasible a human mission to mars, making possible to send before the explorers arrive living headquarters, water, food.. etc.. and then right at the side of all this the ships with the first people in mars.



I think like one guy said in a newspaper that human progress is not like a ratchet, as we can easily loose things we already achieved.. however I believe that mankind has a natural tendency to keep the ratchet turning and turning.

hooker53 09-22-2012 04:30 AM
RE: Space Shuttle Endeavour flyover
 

ORIGINAL: erbroens

Let's hope so but like some of the others stated, sometimes I also feel like we are going backwards. Big Governments need the big space money for their own interest and other advancements are laid to rest these days. Mabey when all these darn wars are over with , we can get back into space with something besides a robot. Ha.
I hope it too.. and what a robot! These days I watched the live broadcast of the curiosity mars mission landing and saw something that make my jaw drop. They tested a method of using the disc shaped capsule with its ablative disk as a hypersonic glider, controled by payload CG shifting and also reaction rockets. This allows pinpoint landing accuracy in planetary missions without carrying any fuel at all.. (not to mention the sky crane landing method that looked wild but worked perfectly).

This method turns more feasible a human mission to mars, making possible to send before the explorers arrive living headquarters, water, food.. etc.. and then right at the side of all this the ships with the first people in mars.



I think like one guy said in a newspaper that human progress is not like a ratchet, as we can easily loose things we already achieved.. however I believe that mankind has a natural tendency to keep the ratchet turning and turning.
Ooooh I do agree on all of that. It's important and Nes. But I just don't want it to stop there. There is nothing like a being planting their own flag on that surface. :D

erbroens 09-22-2012 04:39 AM
RE: Space Shuttle Endeavour flyover
 
Above planting anyone´s flag in another planet (there are at least 500 of them , and most likely trillions) the real important thing is that mankind is not going to get stuck into this little cradle. ;)

peter george 09-22-2012 06:23 AM
RE: Space Shuttle Endeavour flyover
 
Sorry to say I agree ,but our great nation has gone from space leader to hitchhicking with the Russians now to get to space.
ORIGINAL: GrayUK

Great video.
Sorry its gone. [:o]
Great piece of engineering.
We seem to be going backwards these days...Concord gone...spaceshuttle gone..
Paul G

All Day Dan 09-22-2012 08:42 AM
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Thanks Pegusas for the great video. I was just east of of the Proud Bird on Aviation when I got this shot on the low fly by at LAX. Dan.

Rider-60 09-22-2012 10:47 AM
RE: Space Shuttle Endeavour flyover
 
hope that the public will have access inside the displayed shuttle?

Just came accross this interesting video http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=dijD4J3vX5Y

Henke Torphammar 09-22-2012 12:33 PM
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Cool video, as good as it gets :-) I wonder how hard the 747 have to work to keep it flying?


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