Discovery

Photos by Chris Wurts

Goes home

It's one thing to see the TV coverage, but it's another thing

to see it with your own eyes!

17 April 2012, 10am - On approach to  Dulles International Airport, to final destination at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum

Fly-by salute to Thomas Jefferson’s lesser-known passion – science! 

“Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science, by rendering them my supreme delight. But the enormities of the times in which I have lived have forced me to take a part in resisting them, and to commit myself on the boisterous ocean of political passions"

A T-38 escort accompanied Discovery

Special vertical stabilizers were added to the 747's horizontal stabilizer to make her a more able carrier, and an aerodynamic tail-piece was added to Discovery's rear end to make her a better passenger.

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Flying over the Air Force Memorial                     and the Sheraton National Hotel.