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CVO Social => Pictures => Topic started by: DDavidson on September 21, 2012, 02:46:44 PM
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Rode over to the westside of the Dumbarton Bridge hoping to catch a view and a couple of pics of the Endeavour space shuttle as it headed down to the L.A. area.
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sweet
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Good timing and great pictures!
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Great pics. Thanks.
Ride safe and have fun.
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GREAT pics... I wonder what the excess baggage handling fee is for the shuttle? :nixweiss:
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It just flew over my office in Long Beach, CA and it looks exactly like Don's pictures....except for my smog.
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Thanks for the great pictures!
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Those are great pictures! Thanks or sharing them.
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That's awesome ! Thanks for sharing these with us :-)
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Cool ;D
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That was cool 8)
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Wow, that's neat that they flew over your CVO :apple: Nice pics.
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Very cool!
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That is all I wanted to do for years Don. Last time the shuttle landed at Edwards I rode out for that sole purpose, got to the gate 10 seconds too late, i was the first vehicle denied access at the gate >:(.
Had to work Friday and wanted to set up at Plant 42 ( Where they all were built ) and wait for my last chance to get my bike and the shuttle in the same shot....Couldn't do it. Having seen it come in for maintenance on the 747 before it is unreal how hard that plane is throttled up, fantastic AMERICAN power! Well done Don.....
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Awsome :2vrolijk_21:
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Cool pictures. :2vrolijk_21:
Having watched the shuttle launch a few times it must be cool to see it travelling at a slightly slower pace....
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Thanks for the pic, missed this spectacle leaving L.A.
at the 19th.
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A few weeks back I read some where that they were going to chop down like 400 mature trees to get it from the air port to the place where its going to stay at for display. May be you could get your bike pictured with the stumps also. If you are from around that area. What is it like to have it being there I personaly think it would be a honor. Is there a big battle about transporting it from point A to point B? The pictures are great by the way. You must have a really good camera cause they are very clear and where you are at i am suprised there is not a lot of people waiting for it to arrive. I was supprised how big it was compared to airplane. I thought it was a little smaller than that myself. Lucky to have that amazing piece of history with your CVO. Todd
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A few weeks back I read some where that they were going to chop down like 400 mature trees to get it from the air port to the place where its going to stay at for display. May be you could get your bike pictured with the stumps also. If you are from around that area. What is it like to have it being there I personaly think it would be a honor. Is there a big battle about transporting it from point A to point B? The pictures are great by the way. You must have a really good camera cause they are very clear and where you are at i am suprised there is not a lot of people waiting for it to arrive. I was supprised how big it was compared to airplane. I thought it was a little smaller than that myself. Lucky to have that amazing piece of history with your CVO. Todd
Replanting 4 trees for each one cut down, protests stopped!
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Great pics. thanks Don Let's Roll
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Thousands of people in the Bay Area were taking pics of the shuttled shuttle. I initially wanted to take a trip to the Marin Headlands close to the Golden Gate but there was a risk of fog, large crowds and the commute and the shuttle was initially scheduled to fly by at 8:30am. Then I saw a newscast that said it would be doing a low flyby at Moffett airfield across the bay from me. So I guessed a path from the Golden Gate to Moffett. Wished I had used my zoom lense. I had scoped out a nice distance between a couple of cars but people started crowding in close to the bike and one TOOL even stepped right into the pic. (See below) I yelled to get out of the pic but he had shuttle fever. Whatever! I was hoping to create a one-of-a-kind CVO pic!
Blueice posted his shuttle pic in Off Topic. (Earlier than my posting I noticed.)
http://www.cvoharley.com/smf/index.php?topic=78173.0
Dave, I was expecting a photo from you since the shuttle was at Edwards.
When moving to the Bay Area in 1988 I was passing by Edwards and waited for an hour and saw one of the shuttles reenter Earth's atmosphere and land at Edwards.
Looking up there was a bright flash followed by two sonic booms and the shuttle circling one big circle and landing. Took about one minute.
I'm thinking that watching a launch of the shuttle from a close distance would have to be amazing. I was on the Kadena airstrip in Okinawa when the SR71 took off at dusk. Amazing power.
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Damn cool Don ....
thanks for the photos.
Peace out.
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Very Cool ! You know they were burning some fuel, having to stop in Dallas for a top off !
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Really cool!!!
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Great pictures, Don! Thanks for sharing! :2vrolijk_21: