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Flying on a "wing and a prayer", and for the Israeli pilots, their prayers are a local call.

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Back in '79-'80 my younger brother was the crew chief for the first F-16 officially put into service for the Air Force up at Hill AFB in Ogden Utah. His planes tail number was 001 for all us number freaks, they referred to it as balls one! I got to ride out to the plane with the pilots and crew in the van to the flight line, cool stuff. The first Israeli pilot to train and fly the B model (two seater) was Ilan Ramon. I just remember thinking this guy is the same age as me at the time, 22 and he was flying F-16's. Wow! Bad Ass. And my 20 year old brother was in charge of the plane. Amazing!



http://www.space.com/missionlaunches...el_030201.html

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Last year, the International Space Station was orbiting over the east coast when the shuttle was launched.
They were in the right position to capture these amazing photos: https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gif
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...d_image001.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...d_image002.jpg
What I wouldn't give to be there! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/flag.gif

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NEAT photos but it looks like they were shot from within our atmosphere and not above it. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif Still very cool shots.
Rick

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maybe shot from 30-35000 feet ? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif

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Shot from space. No conventional jet can climb to an altitude where the sky turns black and you can see the curvature of the earth. It's just the oblique angle of the space station as it flew from the northwest to the southeast as it passed bye. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/scholar.gif

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wow. looks so close, the intra coastal looks the same flying over in a commercial jet !! but thats true, I never saw the curvature of the earth in a 707 !

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http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060220.html


I think this guy took the photo. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/flag.gif

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Andy,
In no way was I trying to start a debate I was just commenting that the photo looks like it was taken from a much lower altitude. Both the SR-71, U-2 and WB-57 all are capable of flying at 100,000+ feet and at least two can fly to the upper fringes of our atmosphere where it is nearly dark. I have seen both photos and documentary's on both aircraft and I will be damned if I can find just ONE photo on the net taken from either aircraft. I did however find this link Space shuttle photo myth I promise they can take photos that appear much higher than what these photos appear to be taken from. Very neat pictures none the less. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif
Rick

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Rick, it's all good. I said no coventional airplane, but the spyplanes and research craft are far from that.
If you like to spend some days looking at really cool pics, try this: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/
I have been an airplane nut since I was just a little kid.
Anything with wings is cool for me.