NASA day 1
San Francisco Trip
The controls for a 747, with Andrew behind the wheel err.. rudder. |
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Coming in for a night landing at SFO. |
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This is a 747. |
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It even says so on the label down there. |
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And it's controlled by touch pads. |
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Inside the Advanced Concepts Flight Simulator, where new technologies are tested: coming to an aircraft near you! |
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Outside the ACFS. |
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Random picture of a building with huge doors originally for launching blimps. |
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Lookie there! |
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We're all going to die! |
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OK, so we landed in one piece. |
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Some reading for you. |
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This is Hanger One. |
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And that's Hanger 2. |
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A Map with models in front. |
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Uncle Bob, Daniel and I. |
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Look how long the Vertical Motion Simulator is! |
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The machinery is amazing. |
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Here's a model. |
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Here's the other side. |
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This is how I know the name. |
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The platform for cockpits. |
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It's tall. |
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7 stories. |
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With lots of tubes. |