Shuttle Carrier Aircraft Moves to Final Home

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NASA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 911 Moves to Final Home

Some 2½ years after its retirement, the second of two modified Boeing 747 jetliners that ferried NASA’s space shuttles across the nation for more than three decades has made its final journey – a ¾-mile ground tow from the NASA Armstrong aircraft operations facility to the nearby Joe Davies Heritage Airpark in Palmdale.

The retired early-model 747, distinguished by the two large vertical fins attached to the ends of its horizontal tail, reached its final destination shortly after 10 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 12, positioned adjacent to a retired Boeing B-52D bomber on the west side of the aircraft museum. Although NASA is retaining ownership of SCA 911, it is on long-term loan to the City of Palmdale for public display.

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