So it’s Sunday and we are on our way home from this big “aviator” weekend of the Air Races in Reno and we have to make a quick stop in Amarillo for a company picnic with our hosts, the Smiths. We land at the Amarillo airport and look out the window and what do we see???? The space shuttle!!!
Absolutely amazing. Keep in mind that I am with a group of pilots…all weekend they have gone to the airshow each day and drooled over airplanes and airplane equipment and now, here we are in the heart of Texas and what do we see? The ultimate in aviation…the space shuttle.
I took Allen’s picture with it because I figured no one would believe we had seen it.
So, of course, we delayed our trip out to the picnic for about 10 minutes so we could watch the shuttle take off, piggybacking on this HUGE airplane. There were a few others around taking pictures but overall I guess it is something that NASA doesn’t advertise for safety reasons. So we watched it take off. I even got a minute long video of it. (Sorry I can’t post it here for you to see. 😦 )
When we left Reno we flew around Area 51, flew right over Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon and then we land and to see the Space Shuttle, all within a two hour period of time. Can you imagine????
I tell you, the Smith’s are quite the hosts. When they plan a trip, they really plan a trip!!!! Thanks again for all the fun.
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