The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery

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110909-N-ZO368-248 ROTA, SPAIN (Sept. 9, 2011) A NASA WB-57 high altitude research aircraft takes off from the airfield at Naval Station Rota, Spain. The crew from the Johnson Space Center visited Rota for routine maintenance and refueling of the aircraft. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Travis Alston/Released)

 

[Pugs]

Very Cool!

 

[jmcquate]

Saw her a few times at Ellington Field. She is now the highest flying NASA manned vehicle.........sad.

 

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Found these while surfing the other day.

 

[scoolbubba]

NASA doesn't have a U-2?

 

[jmcquate]

I stand corrected El Toro, I believe NASA still has a couple of ER-2s.

 

[rondebmar]

Bantys up!

Thats an AD-5 in the background, Steve...multi-seat airplane. US Navy wouldn't allow me to fly with any bodies other than my own...~1200 hours in the AD-6/7: the single seat version!!

 

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AE606 photos

 

[scoolbubba]

I stand corrected El Toro, I believe NASA still has a couple of ER-2s.

Yup. I didn't realize they still flew the Canberra, though. Badass plane.

 

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110909-N-ZZ999-001 INDIAN OCEAN (Sept. 9, 2011) An F/A-18 Hornet lands aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment to the western Pacific Ocean and the Arabian Gulf. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Walter M. Wayman/Released)

 

[81montedriver]

I stand corrected El Toro, I believe NASA still has a couple of ER-2s.

U-2's, ER-2's, whatever they call them these days, NASA flies a few of them out of Palmdale, CA

 

[Dawgfan]

 

[PRICE311USN]

Quarterly SAR Jumps on the Patuxent River.

 

[PRICE311USN]

^^^That Picture does not do it justice...if you would like to see video and other pics PM me.

 

[navyao]

Victory207 launching out of MKE this a.m. enroute to KNTU - it made my day!