[Scan-DC] Space Shuttle Discovery Flight Over DC To Be Shown Live On WUSA 9

[John Wilson]

  * I was visiting my youngest son talking outside that morning in
    Manassas.  I had forgotten the plane's arrival and the sudden loud
    noise scared the @#$ out of me.  You don't hear the maximum engine
    noise when the plane is coming towards you.  However when overhead
    and passing it was deafening.  I looked up and the 747 then was
    about 1/4 mile northeast of my location at approximately 1,500-2,000
    ft. making a slow left turn for a final descent.  The T38 trainer
    was parallel to and not above the 747 when passing over the Manassas
    area.

John
Dan Blasberg wrote:
>    From the bank of the turn, I would think Southern PG County, Fairfax
> County, or VA suburb.  First pass was Southbound then a sweeping left
> bank turn for second pass to the west, then a another left bank to
> follow monument row from the Lincoln to the Capitol, then a right hand
> bank (in the pic) to make the same run again, then a final wide right
> loop to go over Goddard for final pass while heading west to Dulles.
>
> So my guess is either pass 3 or 4, and could be over PG or VA.
>
> So far no luck with figuring it out though.
>
> Dan
>
> On Apr 23, 2012, at 1:35 PM, Dewey3 wrote:
>
>> I don't know, that's a good question Blair!  Just doesn't look like
>> DC to
>> me.  The areas are too "open", too many trees, lack of alleys, lack of
>> apartments.  The upper left corner looks like the ma commercial
>> strip,
>> but I don't recognize it either.  I am by NO MEANS an expert, but
>> this just
>> does not look like DC.  If it is, I would think somewhere near Rock
>> Creek
>> Park based on all the trees.
>>
>> Dewey
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Blair Thompson<b_thom at juno.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Lots of pix here:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/04/space-shuttle-discoverys-final-flight/100281/
>>>
>>> Who can identify the location of picture number 18, which has the
>>> caption,
>>> "Space shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft,
>>> flies
>>> over a Washington, D.C. neighborhood, as seen from a NASA T-38
>>> aircraft, in
>>> this April 17, 2012 photo. (Reuters/Robert Markowitz/NASA)."
>>>
>>>
>>> http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/discovery041812/s_d18_RTR30VA4.jpg
>>>
>>>
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