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Back in the air

Orbiter OV-105 Endeavour being hoisted aloft in the Mate-Demate gantry at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center before being mounted atop its modified 747 carrier aircraft for a ferry flight back to KSC in 2008 #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Sara back in the day

Check out USS Saratoga CVA-60 in 1956, with a variety of aircraft on deck. #usssaratoga #cv60 #boneyardsafari #navalsafari #aviationsafari

Nimrod XV232 is going to get moved

Who is ready for the #nimrodroadtrip with Nimrod Preservation Group XV232? #xv232 #nimrod #rafmanstonmuseum #boneyardsafari

Hanging in the VAB

Here is Orbiter OV-105 Endeavour being lifted off its transporter. It was raised to a vertical position and lifted up into high bay 1 to be attached to its external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters in preparation for launch on the STS-123 mission in 2008. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Flyby wire Crusader

NASA gets to fly the cool birds! Digital Fly-By-Wire project pioneered the use of an electronic flight-control system coupled with a digital computer to replace conventional mechanical flight controls. A modified F-8 DFBW Crusader was the first to be used to validate the concept in 1972 at the Flight Research Center (now Dryden). It was the forerunner of the fly-by-wire flight control systems now used on today's military and civil aircraft to make them safer, more maneuverab

Mating Gantry

Per request, here is Orbiter OV-105 Endeavour on the mate demate gantry in 2012 ready for the 747SCA to roll underneath. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari