Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!xanth!ames!skipper!shafer From: shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Dumb question #652 Message-ID: Date: 5 Jun 90 05:38:47 GMT References: <376.26477BB6@ofa123.FIDONET.ORG> <24785@netnews.upenn.edu> <3286@rodan.acs.syr.edu> <8947.266a4850@pbs.uucp> Sender: shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov Organization: NASA Dryden, Edwards, Cal. Lines: 26 In-reply-to: pstinson@pbs.uucp's message of 4 Jun 90 15:38:56 GMT In article <8947.266a4850@pbs.uucp> pstinson@pbs.uucp writes: >When the new SCA is put into action, will this be the second time in the >history of shuttle operations that the SCA has been replaced? I believe the >current SCA is an old Pan AM 747, but wasn't the original SCA a former American >Airlines plane? Whatever happened to it? Nothing, except that they painted it white, with a blue cheatline stripe, and everybody seems to think it metamorphasized into a PanAm plane. The current SCA, N905NA, is the first, last, and (currently) only SCA. It is, indeed, a former AA plane. It was originally silver, with an imperfectly buffed-out AA cheatline stripe and other markings. A few years ago, it was painted white, with the JSC blue cheatline stripe. Looks really nice. I see it just about every workday, since it's visible as we drive into the parking lot here at Dryden. -- Mary Shafer shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov ames!skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov!shafer NASA Ames Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, CA Of course I don't speak for NASA