Xref: utzoo sci.space:24170 sci.space.shuttle:6289 sci.astro:9417 rec.aviation:29130 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!rice!oort.rice.edu!wasg From: wasg@oort.rice.edu (Eric Salituro) Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle,sci.astro,rec.aviation Subject: Re: Seeing the Shuttle Land Message-ID: <1990Sep27.161457.6668@rice.edu> Date: 27 Sep 90 16:14:57 GMT References: <1356@mts.ucs.UAlberta.CA> Sender: news@rice.edu (News) Reply-To: wasg@oort.rice.edu (Eric Salituro) Organization: Rice University Lines: 44 In article <1356@mts.ucs.UAlberta.CA>, userDHAL@mts.ucs.UAlberta.CA (David Halliwell) writes: |> In article , shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer) writes: |> > |> >I know that this is a little late, but I've just found out that the |> >PAO office has Hillside Viewing Area passes. |> >-- |> ...but then my own preference would be looking OUT from the front |> windows... Closest I'll ever get to this was the OmniMax film on the I'll assume you mean _The Dream Is Alive_ |> shuttle program. Starts off with the double (triple?) sonic boom as the Double. |> shuttle descends over the Florida panhandle at the break of dawn. Looks Actually, it's the east coast of Central (?) Florida. |> like it's at about 30,000 feet and dropping like a bat out of hell. Film |> keeps switching between views of and views from the shuttle. Only complaint |> is that they only show the landing from outside: the last 20 seconds or so |> include no shots from the inside. I could have watched the whole landing |> over and over again for hours... That's because they never filmed the inside on a landing. The view from the "Shuttle" was actually shot from a Lear Jet, undercranked, using the same approach as the Shuttle did at the time. I've heard that the pilot flying that approach thought it was a little hairy. |> Highly recommended for those of you that can't afford [to have someone |> else pay for] a trip on the real thing. If they have seats with seatbelts, |> take one. And if anyone knows of an OmniMax/IMax film on the Blue Angels, |> Thunderbirds, or Snowbirds, let me know! One of the earliest IMAX films, _To Fly_ contains footage of the Blue Angels. They were still flying their A-4s, I believe, not the F-18s they fly now. Copyright 1990 Eric Salituro Eric Salituro @ Rice University This is not a .signature line... Houston TX 77251-1892 (713) 527-8101 x2474 Life is like a metaphor. INTERNET: wasg@rice.edu