Off Topic- Shuttle Endeavour

[Papaw]

Shuttle was here in Houston overnight on its way to California. I couldn't make the fly-over and landing, but was out this morning at sunrise to watch it take off on its last trip.

[johnsironsanctuary]

Great photos Papaw! Thanks.

[Mel Larsen]

It amazes me that the plane with the load it's carrying could even get off the ground. I watched a news video of it.
Mel

[RedVise]

Papaw, I googled it amd found  it was at the Ellington field, I wondered if you had make the trek out to Intercontinental at sunrise!
I have a picture from the early 80's when I lived in League City (south of Houston) of the shuttle flying back from out west, it made a wide turn to line up for Ellington and we got some nice shots of them. It is quite a site to see them flying piggyback!.

Brian L.

[FrankLee]

I had always wanted to see a shuttle launch in person, but never had the opportunity.

It must have been awesome to witness that piggy-back flight, but I can't stop thinking about the colossal waste of taxpayer money used to move these relics back and forth across the country; especially after the shuttle program has ended.
 

[Papaw]

I don't imagine it costs much more than it does to move a WWII battleship or carrier to a dock to become a museum.

[FrankLee]

I'm just not sure why the Smithsonian NAS Museum had to move out Enterprise only to receive Discovery. 

Regardless, I did enjoy the Endeavour  pictures.