Shuttle deverted to Edwards AFB

[akradecki]

KNBC Ch 4 link: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Shuttle-Hitches-Ride-Out-of-California-Desert.html

Hey...you can see me and Jim right up next to the runway!!

[akradecki]

Two APSoCal'ers...

[gfydad]

Cool! Needless to say we had front row seats.  

[akradecki]

A few to compliment Jim's posting....

[akradecki]

And a few more...

[NikonGuy]

Great shots Jim and Alan!         

[rander]

Great shots Jim and Alan!         

I agree  Great shots!!!!!!!And Thank You for the Early morning effot to " get the shots"!!

[GTagami]

Wow, it just doesn't get any better than that. Great job!! You guys captured some awesome shots! Can someone sneak me in next time?!!! 

[Midnight Mover]

Great shots guys, beautiful

[phantomphan1974]

Yeah great shots and nice to put a face with a name.  I see Jim and the tripod in the back.

[akradecki]

An interesting report from one of the 747 SCA pilots carrying Atlantis showed up on the net at http://www.patriotfiles.com/forum/showthread.php?p=433669

I wanted to make sure that this was legit, so I contacted the PAO officer I correspond with at Dryden, Alan Brown (Jim knows him well), and asked about it. This is what he wrote back:
"The pilot who identifies himself as "Triple Nickel" is a Johnson Space Center pilot who was indeed the left-seater on the fourth leg of the ferry flight of Atlantis to KSC — I checked the flight manifest. He is relatively new as the pilot-in-command of the 747 SCA, and that may have been his first flight with the shuttle on top. I understand he has plenty of 747 and heavy transport experience, so his comments in his blog about the flight reflect his minimal experience in the SCA."