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Where are we?

Where are we? #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

What are those fins?

Why Nimrod Preservation Group XV232 has those fins on the horizontal stabs #xv232 #nimrod #rafmanstonmuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Shuttle Testing

Testing of the Space Shuttle landing gear system, visible between the two main landing gear components on this NASA CV-990, modified as a Landing Systems Research Aircraft. The Space Shuttle landing gear test unit, operated by a high-pressure hydraulic system, allowed engineers to assess and document the performance of space shuttle main and nose landing gear systems, tires and wheel assemblies, plus braking and nose wheel steering performance. #convair990 #spaceshuttle #nasa

Cockpit of XV232

Checking out the cockpit on Nimrod Preservation Group XV232 #xv232 #nimrod #rafmanstonmuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Close up

Here is close up top down view of Orbiter Endeavour OV-105 seen from ISS during STS-111 in 2010. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Vulcan XA893 Cockpit

Checking out Vulcan XA893 at RAF Manston History Museum #xa893 #vulcan #rafmanstonmuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

NASA Convair 990

Check out the Convair 990 Landing Systems Research Aircraft (LSRA), in flight over NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB for a test of the space shuttle landing gear system. The space shuttle landing gear test unit, operated by a high-pressure hydraulic system, allowed engineers to assess and document the performance of space shuttle main and nose landing gear systems, tires and wheel assemblies, plus braking and nose wheel steering performance. The series of 155