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Is This AN AA 747 Carrying A Space Shuttle?

Fll2993 From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 87 posts, RR: 0
Posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 8422 times:

http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/images/landing-747.gif

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Jdl1527 From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 52 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 8417 times:

no its nasa's shuttle carrier

Fll2993 From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 87 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 8404 times:

o it looks an awful like an AA livery

Jdl1527 From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 52 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 8404 times:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1113897/M/

Jdl1527 From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 52 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 8404 times:

welcome to airliners.net

Dtwclipper From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 5, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 8404 times:

Yes, it was built for AA and sold to NASA.

You can still see "American" in this photo.

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[Edited 2006-10-18 02:34:32]

N328KF From United States of America, joined exactly 9 years ago today! , 6222 posts, RR: 3
Reply 6, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 8373 times:

The aircraft, a 747-123, was purchased by NASA from AA. There is another one, a 747SR-146, purchased from JL.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuttle_Carrier_Aircraft

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Beech19 From United States of America, joined Jul 2006, 936 posts, RR: 4
Reply 7, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 8352 times:

Yes... that is a American Airlines 747-100 (N905NA) that was purchased by NASA to test Enterprise. It was converted in 1976 but kept the AA paint during testing.

They purchased the second one in 1988. It was a 747-100SR (N911NA) taken from JAL and entered service in 1990 after being modified. The AA one was retired and lives at the Pinal Air Park in AZ now. The other beinig the active carrier and lives at Edwards Air Force Base.

KPAE via KBVY

Eksath From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 1140 posts, RR: 27
Reply 8, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 7753 times:

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Quoting Beech19 (Reply 7):
The AA one was retired and lives at the Pinal Air Park in AZ now. The other beinig the active carrier and lives at Edwards Air Force Base.

Not sure if i am reading you correct but I took this picture of the AA one (N905NA) last year as she delivered OV-103 to KSC. She was alive and operational in aug. 2005. Did this happen since then?

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Thorny From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 9, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 1 day ago) and read 7714 times:

Quoting Beech19 (Reply 7):
The AA one was retired and lives at the Pinal Air Park in AZ now. The other beinig the active carrier and lives at Edwards Air Force Base.

I think that is just where NASA parks NASA 905 when she's not needed. 905 isn't retired, as far as I know.

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