HOW the 747 carried a SPACE SHUTTLE? Explained by CAPTAIN JOE
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Dear friends and followers welcome back to my channel. Today we'll be looking at the famous SCA, Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. The Boeing 747 which carried a Space Shuttle on top of its roof. We'll go deep into the history of the space shuttle program and the origins of the 747. How this iconic combo came together. What John Kiker, Nasa engineer had to do with it, what structural changes had to be made at the Boeing 747 to carry the orbiter and many more very interesting facts.
A big thank you to the Space Center Houston and Nasa for allowing me to record at their facilities and providing me with incredible video footage. I can't wait to be back in Houston for some more recordings!
Thank you very much for your time! I hope you enjoy this video!
Wishing you all the best!
Your "Captain" Joe
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@buffysaviation 4 жыл бұрын
Who wouldn’t mind an hours long video of Joe rambling about the Shuttle/747 combo? I sure don’t mind.
@FerroequinologistofColorado 4 жыл бұрын
Christopher Taylor I wouldn’t mind that at all
@shubhamjain2076 4 жыл бұрын
But volume is very low
@cobrar5161 4 жыл бұрын
nobody should mind about the informative,educational videos no matter how long they are in my opinion.
@theippster8891 4 жыл бұрын
Christopher Taylor True! I actually wish all his videos were way longer...but sadly he has a real job too lol
@evanstedman7405 4 жыл бұрын
I'm very interested in this as well.
@flywithcaptainjoe 4 жыл бұрын
Sorry guys, it’s liquid oxygen and hydrogen! My bad! I was sweating like crazy that day, it’s humid in Texas😂 Thanks for all your support!
@alexting827 4 жыл бұрын
Hehe!
@kylezmcgee455 4 жыл бұрын
I got family in San Antonio and the heat and humidity is no joke, it gets hot af there lol
@g-dub545 4 жыл бұрын
I know it. Did you see the texas aviation museum at Ellington field?
@evanstedman7405 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for replying Captain. It takes balls to admit mistakes in such a public forum but it shows that you love what you do and you want to present the correct facts because you take pride in your work...
@annapurnadange9050 4 жыл бұрын
If you visit India, it would be hotter there, Joe😂
@tesluz7261 4 жыл бұрын
5:28 car casually driving backwards
@kylebutzerin7803 4 жыл бұрын
The video was taken backwards
@tesluz7261 4 жыл бұрын
Kyle Butzerin I am aware of this
@ace1usmc 4 жыл бұрын
It’s NASA - it was an autonomous car, but somebody reversed the polarity on the battery by accident.
@JackMaslovCZLive 4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣
@verifiedgentlemanbug 4 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂🤣🤣😂😂
@bejonwe 3 жыл бұрын
So here we are at 100000 likes. Waiting for that space shuttle cockpit video captain! :D
@g.peirano 2 жыл бұрын
Yes sir! We are!!!
@toplist1230 2 жыл бұрын
hello captain
@spagbowlsparmacheese629 2 жыл бұрын
Yea I did my part!
@northernimagesphotography 2 жыл бұрын
Jan 2022, still waiting.
@koiplanez6294 2 жыл бұрын
Juli 2022 still waiting
@Gixer750pilot 4 жыл бұрын
I remember in the 80s my mum woke me up early and said I wasn’t going to school today because the space shuttle on the back of the 747 was coming to RAF Fairford in the UK and we were going to go and watch it land . It was an amazing day out
@annapurnadange9050 4 жыл бұрын
Lucky you.
@OfflineSetup 4 жыл бұрын
@Acid Trip Mine aren't good enough for you anymore? I have some more for you, you know with the flavour you like "man juice".
@smixen6590 4 жыл бұрын
I would love that
@MK-xc7pl 4 жыл бұрын
Wow
@lijohnyoutube101 4 жыл бұрын
How could it go overseas given the quite limited range?
@j-c4997 4 жыл бұрын
I like how you used the “liftoff! We have liftoff” as an alternative for the ATC communications. Very cool video Joe!
@nicholaslokos7949 4 жыл бұрын
For the intro?
@unknownadventures6248 4 жыл бұрын
Captain Joe Mama
@j-c4997 4 жыл бұрын
nicholaslokos yep
@jackpast 4 жыл бұрын
FL 380 caught that, too. Nice touch!
@j-c4997 4 жыл бұрын
jackpast :D
@PTDriver-rv2so 4 жыл бұрын
Imagine being that engineer with his models and seeing his idea and dream take flight. (Quite literally)
@Charlie-et2ci 4 жыл бұрын
Lmao hi rg
@eftieell 3 жыл бұрын
or her... (just sayin...)
@TheUnderDogUzumaki 3 жыл бұрын
@@eftieell Huh
@jacobh674 3 жыл бұрын
@@eftieell there was a picture of the guy. Get your sjw bs outta here
@edvfya9922 3 жыл бұрын
@@jacobh674 The Under Dog should've known better but theres no need to be so aggressive about it. I can't stand trigger warnings and stuff of that nature but your response shows you got triggered lol.
@AlexGarcia-xw4ts 4 жыл бұрын
I was in middle school when the 747 carried the shuttle for the last time. Our school let us leave the period early to see it but told us it likely wouldn’t be close enough for us to see. A few moments later 2 fighter jets zoom right over us followed by the beautiful roar of the 747 and the space shuttle gently resting on top flew right over us. Still bring a tear to my eye :,)
@larryweller7948 4 жыл бұрын
I believe the orange tank contained Oxygen and Hydrogen. Not Nitrogen.
@mosestomfelix 4 жыл бұрын
Your right
@ChristophShyper 4 жыл бұрын
@@mosestomfelix Mine left
@heqagon 4 жыл бұрын
hydroxygen
@robrod3097 4 жыл бұрын
Am glad you caught that mistake... It's a thing to remember next time I get to fly this little bird... 😂😂
@GhostHostMemories 4 жыл бұрын
yeah, i was like.. Nitrogen isn't fuel
@matthewlui1004 4 жыл бұрын
Everyone: Strap Engines to the shuttle John Kiker: No Everyone: But... John Kikier: I built a model that works so shut up.
@flywithcaptainjoe 4 жыл бұрын
Haha, that's probably how it went down ;)
@goldbird0315 4 жыл бұрын
I think the shuttle could be something like the X-15 with the 747, they could add fuel inside of the cargo bay, make it so the main engines could be used, then strap it to the 747 and at some high height they could fire the shuttle's engines, detach it, and it could fly! I'm no rocket scientist so don't go insane if this is stupid and wouldn't work. I just think it sounds cool. (maybe perform a science experiment if it could make it to space)
@slippulter8053 4 жыл бұрын
DreaRockets 09 it was a concept for other launchers, but with a lot of issues. Space shuttle definitely couldnt do it b
@pdoylemi 4 жыл бұрын
@@goldbird0315 I wondered about that when I was a teen, but there are at least problems: #1 The 747 could barely carry the shuttle empty - no way it could with a full fuel load. #2 Not room for enough fuel to get close to orbit. #3 Five or six miles of altitude and a couple hundred MPH of velocity is such a TINY percentage of the altitude and speed needed, it would hardly be different than a ground launch. The X-15 being comparatively tiny could be carried higher and faster, and it was not capable of reaching orbit.
@inky1864 4 жыл бұрын
Matthew Lui ikr
@adamhlali8106 4 жыл бұрын
Wow. The really wrote "Attach orbiter here. NOTE: BLACK SIDE DOWN". Dude I lost my soul laughing at that.
@lindritalija969 4 жыл бұрын
you know there was that one intern that made that warning nessecary
@milkduds1001 3 жыл бұрын
“Who the hell put the shuttle upside down?!? How do you even do that? Fine, I’ll make a note. Silica tiles down... no not specific enough. Black side down. There”
@InventorZahran 4 жыл бұрын
"Attach orbiter here. Note: black side down" What is this, an Ikea product?
@edstevens4439 4 жыл бұрын
Green side up....sod
@puretrash12 4 жыл бұрын
Yes
@bartholomewdan 4 жыл бұрын
Sounds like something from KSP.
@davidbono9359 4 жыл бұрын
If it were an IKEA product, the instructions wouldn't have any words - just a drawing of the orbiter above the 747, with arrows between the attachment points showing which screws to use. And it would come with a cheap little allen wrench.
@sanchoodell6789 4 жыл бұрын
*Note:* If incorrectly fitted could void warranty
@lvthud 4 жыл бұрын
"Attach Orbiter here....Note: Black side down"....I will be back in a minute, need to clean the diet coke off my screen, that is to funny.
@evanstedman7405 4 жыл бұрын
In the 4WD exploration community (at least down here in Australia) we have an expression: "Keep it coloured side up..."
@prateekgupta5945 4 жыл бұрын
I have that as my wallpaper.
@MarsFKA 4 жыл бұрын
"...clean the diet coke off my screen" The first time I saw that label, it was coffee, not coke and a good thing that I had a spare keyboard.
@smiddlehurst1 4 жыл бұрын
Evan Stedman spotted on a Defender a few years back, printed upside down below rear window: “if you can read this, please turn over”.
@jeanlafrance8746 4 жыл бұрын
Diet Pepsi > Diet Choke
@gewiener 4 жыл бұрын
Recently I really had to laugh as friend of mine, who happens to be Captain at Cargolux, dropped this line: "Captain Joe is my F/O!" :D
@flywithcaptainjoe 4 жыл бұрын
Christoph Hopfner and I know exactly who that is
@RaviKumar-sn2lx 4 жыл бұрын
The F/O who cares to share his knowledge...
@annapurnadange9050 4 жыл бұрын
Eh, small world we live in
@theippster8891 4 жыл бұрын
Captain Joe Do the Captains u work with razz u about this in fun? 😁 You're a positive guy so imo it makes total sense, you're livin' the goal 🙌🏼
@brookemig8094 4 жыл бұрын
anybody else love the shape of the 747 or is it just me🤷🏼♀️😂
@masteryoda1966 4 жыл бұрын
True it's not just you
@soaringvulture 4 жыл бұрын
Some might like it. I think it's a very ugly aircraft although it's not bad with the space shuttle attached.
@bojanglesthewizard6188 4 жыл бұрын
You obviously know it's not just you
@BiggusDickus2 4 жыл бұрын
Shit post
@allenhemphill5028 4 жыл бұрын
easily one of the most iconic and influential airframes in our history. And yes, i love her curves.
@DanielRodriguez-kp2xq 4 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing one pass by our house (the farewell tour) it has been one of the most memorable things I've seen in my life
@elephant35e 4 жыл бұрын
7-8 years ago, the 747 carrying the shuttle flew over my house at a low altitude (less than 1000 feet). Very awesome! By the way, I live only 8 minutes away from the Space Center! I really wish I could have met you :(
@Jedi_Knigga 4 жыл бұрын
elephant35e I live in League City, and I saw it fly over my house when I was getting ready for school.
@elephant35e 4 жыл бұрын
@@Jedi_Knigga Nice! I live in Seabrook.
@skysailor22630 4 жыл бұрын
@@chippymunks1827 I did too. It was either 1978 or '79 when the 747/Enterprise combo was parked at the old Stapleton airport in Denver. I was totally amazed then, and the amazement has never left me.
@rdooski 4 жыл бұрын
@@Jedi_Knigga Dickinson here. Crazy with how big this world is and how big youtube is that you can still see comments from people right next to you.
@jonz01 4 жыл бұрын
Baytown here. Ah the small world and even smaller YT strikes again!
@issajuan895 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Joe‼️ For everything; I’m a 15 year old in High School and ever since I started watching your videos my passion for aviation grew bigger than ever; Keep Up The Good Work‼️💙💛 Greeting from Chicago‼️😁
@heyitsjacob1773 4 жыл бұрын
Same just I'm 13 greetings from Lithuania
@iamf6641 4 жыл бұрын
brainwashef
@davidfarrow875 Жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to see the 747 + Shuttle when it came across the pond to display at the Paris Air Show in the early 1980s. When it overflew the centre of Paris, traffic literally stopped on the Periphique - a 4 lane motorway - and people got out of their cars to watch ! Back in the UK, i then went to Stansted Airport to see it when it staged through there on it's way home. Taking my Grandmother to see it was incredible - she was born only a few years after the Wright Brother first flight, showing the incredible pace of change in aviation. In pictures of the Stansted visit, our sandy brown motor caravan with its distinctive white roof is clearly visible in the car park ! Fantastic memories. Thanks for bringing them back Captain Joe.
@AndreaSisto 3 жыл бұрын
100k likes reached, now for the hours long video !!!
@starpoint2112 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for visiting my city and we Houstonians are VERY PROUD of our NASA folks! The JSC is a great place to visit and take the family, full of knowledge for them to absorb and fun.
@elephant35e 4 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Went there all the time as a kid! I even applied to work there a few months ago. I had an interview, but sadly I didn't get hired :(
@robertzeurunkl8401 4 жыл бұрын
6:15 - that's interesting to know that a 747-100's capacity of passengers and luggage is about equal to the weight of a space shuttle.
@TIMEtoRIDE900 4 жыл бұрын
Don't forget the mail and overnite freight.
@juliej9187 4 жыл бұрын
not really equal though remember a 747 with passengers will have all of the insides of the plane where the shuttle one had the inside removed
@robertzeurunkl8401 4 жыл бұрын
@@juliej9187 Yeah, that's right. It's capacity is all the passengers, plus all their baggage, plus all their seats, IFEs, Flooring and overhead compartments. ;-)
@dominikbaumgartner9221 4 жыл бұрын
Plus the mayonnaise. Don't forget the mayonnaise.
@ascherlafayette8572 4 жыл бұрын
It doesnt usually max out with passengers, but cargo, that is a lot more dense.
@JustWasted3HoursHere 4 жыл бұрын
I was actually there for the ALT test in 1977! Thunderous applause when the wheels came down and then made contact with the runway. As a 10 year old at the time it's something I will never forget. Plus, this was the same year Star Wars came out so I was primed for everything and anything space related.
@biff5856 Жыл бұрын
I happy to know the 74 and shuttle combo didn't end up scrapped. This was terrific. The 747 and Concorde are my favorite a/c's.
@Cremantus 4 жыл бұрын
For the record: replace nitrogen with hydrogen and the shuttle will start. Thumbs!
@TheUglyGnome 4 жыл бұрын
For the record: Don't forget to fill nitrogen tanks too unless you want the shuttle's engines flame out too early.
@johneckert1690 4 жыл бұрын
I noted the nitrogen / hydrogen goof as well. The only plane I know of to carry nitrogen with regards to the fuel system is the SR-71. On most aircraft as fuel is used the empty space is filled with air. On the SR-71 the empty space is filled with nitrogen to prevent the fuel (JP7) from ignition.
@AmyAnnLand 4 жыл бұрын
I thought it was hydrogen. When I heard nitrogen I got really confused.
@alasdairhowell7192 4 жыл бұрын
As a child I thought that they mated mid-air lol
@provestic 4 жыл бұрын
Alasdair Howell uuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmm waht
@Kalvinjj 4 жыл бұрын
Imagine how epic that would be tho
@speedymon4412 4 жыл бұрын
Loool
@tetsujin_144 4 жыл бұрын
They did - and then they turned into a robot
@Sovetskyz 4 жыл бұрын
YES! Thought I was alone
@joshpatra 3 жыл бұрын
100k likes. Get to it!
@ana10warthogwithinternetac29 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah a year later lol. He probably forgot at this point.
@nobleroman5601 4 жыл бұрын
I remember in 77 ' the space shuttle test off the 747 ,,, it was a time to be proud to be an American. Thanks for sharing this video with us all .
@BrandanTheBroker 4 жыл бұрын
When 2 of my passions collide, space and planes. Now we need an airplane that could go into space 🤔
@amandablakely4104 4 жыл бұрын
I think I that may actually be possible sometime in the future. The Space Shuttle, to me, was the first step in that process.
@gui7arfreak69 4 жыл бұрын
Virgin is on it my man
@hkr667 4 жыл бұрын
We already did that/came close many years ago, but it depends what you qualify as "in space", because there are several layers. Some planes get ridiculously high.
@VMCAviationVideos 4 жыл бұрын
Maybe one day
@_Andrew2002 4 жыл бұрын
There have been several aircraft that have gone to space. The X-15, Space Shuttle, Buran, Spaceship One and the X-35. And to be fair only the Space Shuttle, Buran and X-35 went to orbit.
@Petesmotoadventure 4 жыл бұрын
One of the coolest sites I’ve ever seen was a shuttle reentering earth atmosphere at night. Orange streak was amazing. Miss seeing them go up since I live in FL.
@ShadowTheGrayWolf 4 жыл бұрын
Same! That was the coolest sight!
@JonnyD3ath 4 жыл бұрын
Wow! Count yourself soooo lucky. I would travel across the world to see that!
@Texassince1836 4 жыл бұрын
I'm from East TX, we saw the Columbia explode
@noelgriffin645 4 жыл бұрын
I live in Ireland, and on a number of occasions I saw the separated tank and shuttle fly over my house a short while after launch. A incredible sight.
@JonnyD3ath 4 жыл бұрын
Noel Griffin I’m coming to your house for the next launch! Ha ha
@Mark13091961 3 жыл бұрын
I recall this visiting the UK in 1983. I saw it pass overhead Birmingham city centre at quite low level due to the piss awful weather that day. It did be pass and was gone into the murk. Heck of a sight
@USAFRETCMSGT 4 жыл бұрын
A small Mobile Training Team from Lowry AFB CO developed and taught contractor technicians how to utilize strain gauges when the initial Shuttle/747 load testing was being conducted at Edwards AFB CA. Air Force NCOs , not officers or engineers, taught Missile Electronics Instrumentation to airmen assigned to laboratories and research and development centers. These young airmen were major players in Gemini, Apollo, and the Shuttle programs. I was honored to be the Course Supervisor at the Technical Training Center in Denver CO.
@Rob2 4 жыл бұрын
This story cannot be without mention of the plane that the Russians built especially for transporting their space shuttle: the Antonov AN-225.
@Damien.D 4 жыл бұрын
Which is still going strong, largest cargo plane on earth in active service capable of taking of and landing on mostly unprepared runways! Also, they used the "strap some jet engine" approach to their shuttle for aerodynamics testing....
@Kalvinjj 4 жыл бұрын
Yes! It's a shame the Buran program didn't go further, and didn't give us more images and videos of it operating. It must have been just as crazy and epic as the 747 shuttle carrier. Cool too that they designed the vertical stabilizers of the AN-225 as dual stabilizers on the sides right from the start, also a great idea to make it as a cargo plane as well, now it can keep performing jobs only itself can do. Too bad they didn't make more of that monster, it would be amazing. Also the Buran had an interesting way of making it lighter: the shuttle itself had no engines. Given it would not need 'em anymore after detaching the extra tank and boosters, it's just pointless to keep carrying them to space and back after all.
@bestamerica 4 жыл бұрын
hi R... ' american space shuttle and 747 jumbo are the best top airplanes in the world... not ussr russia... ussr russia is a very cheap low classic buran with an225
@Kalvinjj 4 жыл бұрын
@@bestamerica Yep, that's totally not a bait, not at all
@deltabeta5527 4 жыл бұрын
A KZfaq channel named Mustard has made a great video on Buran
@BORDERMAN2000 4 жыл бұрын
Captain Joe if you in Houston you're just a few hours away from the future of space exploration you need to head south to Brownsville Texas and visit the new Space X space center.
@theippster8891 4 жыл бұрын
BORDERMAN2000 Man I would love to see both these places. Goals :)
@gregchristopfel8106 4 жыл бұрын
The 747 is the most beautiful and perfectly proportioned passenger airliner ever made. It is a stunningly beautiful aircraft. Perfection!
@juliamartin4141 4 жыл бұрын
My parents lived in Cape Canaveral. Later I lived in Melbourne. My parents would go to the beach and watch the plane fly by with the piggyback space shuttle. I got to work launches, selling the souvenirs, then they let us close up and watch the launch. I’d then drive to my parent’s place and by the time I got there the shuttle would be over Africa. I could hear the double sonic boom of the shuttle landing at my house, too. All great memories.
@patricklowe1039 4 жыл бұрын
I had the opportunity to see two Enterprise ALT landings at Edward's! As well as two Columbia landings. At one of those the Challenger was mated mated to the 747 carrier, did a flyby wagging it's wings! So long ago but memories never to be forgotten. I still have pics and Super8 film of the events somewhere.
@niltonlacle 4 жыл бұрын
Interesting fact Captain Joe is this: Of the first 9 Shuttle Missions, 8 of them landed in California (one in New Mexico). In the beginning (since April 1981) we accepted it as 'normal' that missions were launched in Florida and landed in California. It was until February 1984 that the world became aware that an all new landing site in Florida was ready to accept Shuttle Mission #10 landing. Contrary to the explanation in this video, the Kennedy Space Center landing site (Florida) wasn't even in the public's radar in the beginning.
@JoeR203 4 жыл бұрын
I remember being outside with my cousin one day at school. He is into sci-fi and planes so when he heard a jet going overhead and looked up and shouted "LOOK! The space shuttle!". So sometime in 1984, the shuttle was piggybacking over Port Chester, NY.
@bracita15 4 жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to see it fly by super close to the school where I used to work. My 1st grade class and I had been outside ready to see it. Needless to say, my kids were super excited! So was I! 😉 The thing is, one of my little boys named Anthony, watched it fly by and excitedly came to tell me; “Miss Luna, it was the mom and 2 babies!!!” 🥰
@floridaboz1 4 жыл бұрын
Black side down guys, I once read that most of the time there are signs because someone screwed something up at first... Let that sink in, and ignore the physics of how that is impossible.
@nicholaslokos7949 4 жыл бұрын
I don't think I can ignore the possibility for professionals to put a PLANE on upside down. Makes me giggle.
@Greg-rn9df 4 жыл бұрын
1. Nothing is impossible. ever. 2. Remember the astronaut mantra... No situation is so bad that you can't make it worse. 3. The Shepard's (Alan Shepard) prayer: "Dear Lord, please don't let me f*** up." Note: Hinted he might have said, "Don't f*** up, Shepard". Either way, you get the point. 4. QED
@nellyfarnsworth7381 4 жыл бұрын
1:17 Not nitrogen but HYDROGEN.
@gregorydlabach3133 4 жыл бұрын
I watched this so many times growing up in Tulsa. The piggyback came many times as all of the shuttle's bay doors were assembled and fitted at the McDonnel-Douglas factory in Tulsa! Great memories!
@armageddon8959 2 жыл бұрын
We appreciated this video thank you for making it!
@staleonion2520 4 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing the last space shuttle landing on tv. Beautiful craft! Great video, joe!
@wyomingadventures 4 жыл бұрын
747's little buddy! Please everyone like button so we can see more of this amazing combo from Captain Joe!!!😊👍
@Bramslootmans 4 жыл бұрын
I just saw the Space Shuttle about 2 weeks ago in NY, I didn’t expect it to be this big. It’s amazing how the 747 can carry this massive structure.!
@awizardalso 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Captain Joe for putting this up. I have seen several videos at remote controlled plane air shows where a few people have built models of the Boeing airplane that carried a model of the shuttle and after several passes around the area where the viewers were at, the shuttle was released and glided back down to the runway. I have been a fan of space since I was 3 years old and my dad took me to his friend who was an amateur radio operator and he was able to tune in to the beeps sent back by Sputnik.
@starlight7830 4 жыл бұрын
Who here watched Moonraker in the movie theaters back in 1979 ! I did an I was 7 years old !!!!
@patricklowe1039 4 жыл бұрын
I was 16 and wondered how the main engines started without the ET.
@starlight7830 4 жыл бұрын
@@patricklowe1039 ET?
@bassclarinetl2 4 жыл бұрын
@@starlight7830 External Tank
@Bladerunner4924764 4 жыл бұрын
I didn't know enough about the shuttle back then, just that Drax had hijacked one... paging Mr. Bond, James Bond.
@GiddeonFox 4 жыл бұрын
Hey Captian Joe, come out to Kennedy Space Center some time, my dad works there! I bet they could clear you to land at the shuttle landing facility if you ask nicely :)
@andythebud 4 жыл бұрын
I remember being 9 and standing out in the playground at school here in Glasgow, Scotland on 6 June 1983 watching Enterprise being piggy backed on one of the 747s. I remember having a toy 747 and a toy shuttle and using an elastic band to put them together after that. Great memories and thanks for the video..
@mohamedfarookmohamedfazlee8542 3 жыл бұрын
the 747 in the background... "my backs hurting, get off!"
@jimmym3352 4 жыл бұрын
I just want that model airplane.
@deltachanger714 3 жыл бұрын
Me too
@Chaydex 4 жыл бұрын
Dude make that space shuttle video, that would be so dope. EVERYONE NUKE THAT LIKE BUTTON!
@missshaq6086 2 жыл бұрын
My dad used to build the space shuttle. We went to ALL the air shows. I’ve seen this land in person and also got to tour a shuttle. It was pretty cool as a child.
@Heat0ne 4 жыл бұрын
Definitely one of my favorite video's, thanks Joe!
@smokingspitfire1197 4 жыл бұрын
So, seeing as when it has the shuttle in the back it has two sets of wings. Does that make this the world's biggest biplane?
@joseph0494 4 жыл бұрын
Mr Sunshines someone’s mad lmao
@joemusic2882 4 жыл бұрын
Mr Sunshines Hey! Check this out....You are a mean person.Now say you’re sorry and then sit silently .
@jasonmcfall5578 4 жыл бұрын
Despite the fact that Mr. Sunshine is an ass... The two craft is but is not a biplane. Together they are a joined flight configuration. Apart speaks for itself. I can see your point though.
@user-ky6vw5up9m 4 жыл бұрын
No , the An-225 with the Soviet Buran Shuttle would be a little bigger. I was fortunate to see them in air display in 1989.
@Test-tz8pg 4 жыл бұрын
@Mr Sunshines You sound kinda mad that someone tried to find a funny technicality. I would highly recommend reconsidering whats important enough to get mad about in your life. I hope you figure out how fix your anger problems and be happier :)
@clifftrimble2616 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome video!! "Let's make sure history never forgets the name, Enterprise."
@iratepirate648 4 жыл бұрын
It's just a shame that it was built without engines or a heat shield and neither went into space nor shuttled anything anywhere and so was, therefore, a test vehicle, not a space shuttle. While it carried out many important tests, first flight on the back of a 747 chief among them and furthered the development of both the vehicle and the programme in no small measure, to Trekkies everywhere it was an ignominious career for a vehicle bearing the name Enterprise.
@MegaBallsack1234 4 жыл бұрын
Just awesome!! Thank you Captain Joe!! Please do the shuttle video!!
@stejer211 3 жыл бұрын
Good that he started with explaining what a Space Shuttle exactly is, because us aviation enthusiasts had never heard of a thing like that before...
@ey7290 4 жыл бұрын
Last sunday i was flying home from Luxembourg after a trip with my dad and we arrived at the airport at 1pm and had lunch in the terminal and watched all the traffic on the runway and in 15 minutes 4 747 cargo jets landed, 3 of them CargoLux and 1 Silkway. M flight was at 5pm and in the 4 hours i was at the airport here is the count i had 3 Cargolux 747-400F 1 Cargolux 747-8F 1 Silkway 747-8F 1 Air China Cargo 747-8F 1 Atlas Air 747-400F (parked) 4 Cargolux 747s (parked i couldnt tell what model as they were at the Cargolux Terminal)
@eltondelgado4289 4 жыл бұрын
You missed the 777's from emirates and quatar
@ey7290 4 жыл бұрын
@@eltondelgado4289 i see enough 777s at Gatwick i want more 747s
@incrediblezab 4 жыл бұрын
He was talking about 747s only
@MelissaTimea99 4 жыл бұрын
Today we're going to learn how Cessnas are made.
@888johnmac 4 жыл бұрын
lol , when a mummy space shuttle and a daddy 747 have some us time in a hanger
@dominikbaumgartner9221 4 жыл бұрын
@@888johnmac What if daddy wants to be the Space Shuttle?
@TheLarryWright 3 жыл бұрын
I recall the 747 captain was Lehugh (something). He made the job look so easy !!! What a great Memorial Day memory !!
@MyBelch 4 жыл бұрын
On June 28, 1983, as a student in the USAF Security Police school, we were bussed from Lackland AFB (San Antonio) to Kelly AFB where the shuttle landed atop the 747 for refuelling on its way to Florida. It was supposed to refuel at Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, but diverted to San Antonio due to rain up north. We provided perimeter security for several hours until it departed at dusk. It was an exciting first job.
@dukecraig2402 4 жыл бұрын
In late 83 or early 84 I experienced just about the same thing, I was in AIT training at Ft Bliss Tx up on what was called "The Hill", it overlooked El Paso and the main post of Bliss including an airstrip (I think it was a Marine airfield), one day in the middle of a class one of the instructors came into the classroom and said "Gentlemen, in about 2 minutes you're going to witness something not too many people get to see", he had us fallout outside and told us watch the airstrip, just a minute later here come that massive thing out of the sky landing there to refuel on it's way back to Florida, what a sight it was to see.
@LERobbo 3 жыл бұрын
Captain: "Ludicrous speed, NOW!". Flight engineer: flicks on Orbiter main engines. 747: OMG #@!
@PixelSheep 3 жыл бұрын
Alright over 103.000 likes it is :D Waiting for the video out of the cockpit :)
@RayonChan 2 жыл бұрын
what a great channel! Enlight my day! Thank you Captain!!
@dudeparistx 4 жыл бұрын
ALWAYS A PLEASURE WATCHING YOUR VIDS. VERY INFORMATIVE!!!!
@sr-71blackbird92 4 жыл бұрын
I live a few miles from Kennedy let's toss back some beers at Grill's Tiki Bar
@TumpaTalapatra 4 жыл бұрын
1:17 pardon me Mr joe i think its liquid "hydrogen" not "Nitrogen"
@buffysaviation 4 жыл бұрын
Tumpa Talapatra yeah
@jensbonk8110 4 жыл бұрын
Stumbled over that one too. It shoukd be "Hydrogen" for sure. Voice-typos happen to the best of us. =)
@wyomingadventures 4 жыл бұрын
We all make mistakes! 😉
@darkcassoulet1041 4 жыл бұрын
OUI BAGUETTE CROISSANT
@Locutus 4 жыл бұрын
Oohhh no.... Quickly unsubscribe, and ignore all future content from him. Totally unacceptable that he made a mistake!!!!
@theunitedstates5217 4 жыл бұрын
Space Shuttle:Help me. 747:Why? Space Shuttle:Can’t fly. 747:Ok.
@crazykev6491 4 жыл бұрын
I’ve been lucky to see 2 shuttle liftoffs STS 76 in March 96 (Atlantis) and STS 114 in July 2005 (discovery). One night and one day launch. My dad personally knew one of the astronauts on 76 and got to sit in the VIP area. We met up with a photographer with a telescope lens and watched the shuttle al the way into MECO (main engine cut off). Incredible experience and memory! Then being in northern va we saw the shuttle ride and land at Dulles international airport to then be kept at closeby Udvar-Hazy museum. I have tons of awesome pictures and sorely miss the program. Great video Capt.
@masondaub9201 4 жыл бұрын
1:16 you meant to say liquid hydrogen, not liquid nitrogen
@supermanraa568 4 жыл бұрын
1:17 Sooooo.... who's gonna tell him that the Space Shuttle main engines use LOX (liquid oxygen) and hydrogen, not nitrogen.
@kendeeks 4 жыл бұрын
He corrected himself in a comment :)
@brentjabris.ceballos 3 жыл бұрын
Enut Peanut Where?
@GAMEVIDSnorwegian422 3 жыл бұрын
@@brentjabris.ceballos His comment is literally pinned to the top of the comment section dude lmao...
@kendeeks 3 жыл бұрын
EMIRATES AIRBUS A380 AND BOEING B777 CAPTAIN - it has 1.5k likes so it’ll be near the top.
@cameron2558 3 жыл бұрын
yea I was going say lol
@KryzMasta 4 жыл бұрын
For me, the Space Shuttle and all of its missions were a bit of a “far-from-my-bed-show”, as we would call it in Holland, but in 1983, General James A. Abrahamson, then associate administrator for the Space Shuttle Program at NASA, wanted to impress the spokesperson for ESTEC, Heidi Graf, and he’d boasted he was a bit of a big shot at NASA with quite a bit of influence. She called his bluff, and apparently convinced him to let the shuttle carrier, carrying the Enterprise on its back, do a pass-over, including a wing-tip salute, across the ESA headquarters in Noordwijk. I was six years old and lived in the province of Zeeland, near the flight path, and saw it pass. Only now I realize how special that was, especially since the program is since terminated. Thanks, Heidi and James! 😄
@DimMakTen31 4 жыл бұрын
What A great video Capt Joe!
@thenotflatearth2714 4 жыл бұрын
I remember this! Superman saved everybody in the end
@billyk1334 4 жыл бұрын
The NotFlat Earth You just unlocked a memory that I didn’t know I had.
@karltaylor2857 4 жыл бұрын
Geez you trolls get around....Earth is flat and space is fake.
@billyk1334 4 жыл бұрын
Tranquility Pyramids You are hilarious. Good joke.
@karltaylor2857 4 жыл бұрын
@@billyk1334 I never joke. Space only exists in your imagination. You saw it on TV.
@comsubpac 4 жыл бұрын
why are they called "cheat lines"?
@jnichols3 4 жыл бұрын
On a car it is normally the tape stripe that divides two different body paint colors. The tape covers imperfections in the border between the colors. Not sure about aircraft. Hard to believe that a line that big would be tape. Hopefully an expert will chime in.
@evanstedman7405 4 жыл бұрын
@@jnichols3 I am no expert but masking is used in most aircraft paint shops and part of that is the use of tape to mask smaller areas as shown in the video at the following link kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iL-pg9mJrs2viGQ.html
@Texassince1836 4 жыл бұрын
The paint line masks the windows on the lower deck, making the plane look sleeker.
@fiaadmin92 4 жыл бұрын
cheat lines, some says because first passenger planes had square windows and modern round ones, so painting a line make at first sight more dificult to see if the company is flying old or new type of aircraft ;)
@comsubpac 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks everyone!
@johnslatner5185 3 жыл бұрын
Great video. Back in 1999 i believe, i was attending a flight school in Phoenix. Somewhere between there and Tucson was an aiport with stored aircraft that was supposedly an ex cia site. I flew in for fuel and low and behold there was the shuttle transporter. They let myself and a buddy i had with me go inside and check it out. One of the most memorable things of my time in Arizona. I keep wanting to think Avra Valley but i dont thing thats right. Would have to dig up my old logbook.
@alphaadhito 4 жыл бұрын
Thumbs up for Captain Joe to make a video about Super Guppy!
@danaugurelli9219 3 жыл бұрын
104 000 like We are waiting
@AnonMedic 4 жыл бұрын
Who else got to see it fly overhead? 🤷🏼♂️
@elephant35e 4 жыл бұрын
Me, right over my house! I sure loved the sound of those old engines!
@mikebeacom4883 4 жыл бұрын
/^\inutemen/^\edia I saw it orbit Washington D.C.
@AnonMedic 4 жыл бұрын
@@mikebeacom4883 that's awesome. I was able to see it in Socal and i also saw it from Mt Diablo summit as it flew over dublin Ca.
@indigohammer5732 4 жыл бұрын
I saw it fly over Glasgow in 1980?
@patricklowe1039 4 жыл бұрын
Challenger flying out of Edward's after Columbia landed!
@nmarks 4 жыл бұрын
One of your best ever videos!
@kenmunozatmmrrailroad6853 4 жыл бұрын
Congratulate yourself Captain Joe, this is a wonderful and informative video.👍🏽
@macbuff81 4 жыл бұрын
"Reusuble" is a bit of a misnomer when it cane to the space shuttle. Much of the space craft had to be refurbished at great expense which is one of the reasons it was eventually retired (well, that and the two accidents which cost the lives of its astronauts). While it was a feat of engineering, it was also doomed from the beginning as the Space Shuttle was meant to be part of a larger system hence the name STS or Space Transport System. That system was shrunk significantly due to Congress cutting its budget during the 70s and 80s leaving only the Shuttle with no where to go until the ISS came along. The idea was to have dozens of flights per year, but due to the aforementioned complexities of the design, esp. the large number of customized heat tiles, that plan never materialized. Instead, the number of flights per year had to be cut back significantly due the high turn-around time. I was living and working in the DC area in the early 2010s when I saw the final flight of the 747 with the Space Shuttle on top. It did a fly over the Capitol which was very cool.
@Damien.D 4 жыл бұрын
Technically, it was mostly reused hardware (only the orange tank was dumped despite being designed to be recovered), but man-rating and its associated sever security constrains necessitated to actually dismantle the whole thing each time, including engines that were completely inspected and refurbished in advance at a separate factory. When sending peoples in space, no one plays fool with security. And that why as of today there still is no plan for reusable space hardware to ferry peoples to space (nope, sorry for Musk's fanboy, but the Crew Dragon will only be used once with astronauts, then will be flown for cargo, and manned flights will always use a brand new Falcon 9 booster).
@MrMattumbo 4 жыл бұрын
I remember when they flew it into Dulles, I lived in Manassas right below the approach path and just by chance happened to be outside that night when it flew over at low altitude with its escorts. That image is still burned into my mind to this day, it was the craziest thing to see by chance as a kid.
@jaroslavsevcik3421 4 жыл бұрын
@@Damien.D You are so sure. But nothing is set into a stone. I think that once the reliability of Crew Dragon is confirmed they can use it more than once for manned flights.
@RickTheGeek 4 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: the SCA in this video was disassembled and reassembled to Boeing standards and it technically able to be certified airworthy. 😀
@johnknapp952 4 жыл бұрын
Except who want's to fly a 747-100 anymore.
@adamhlali8106 4 жыл бұрын
Ehm... It hasn't been maintained for years... So it's as air worthy as the shuttle on top. Must I remind you it's an mockup?
@KKMDStyle 4 жыл бұрын
The Space Shuttle Missions were so inspiring!
@davidpatterson9107 Жыл бұрын
Saw it flying over Toronto 1979 Awesome moment. Belfastie visiting Canada.
@Jetski_Journals 4 жыл бұрын
I never realized you was a first officer lol 😂
@420Tombstone 4 жыл бұрын
I feel as a species we have regressed so much, lost the ability to fly to the moon, retired supersonic passenger aircraft, retired the space shuttle.
@davidnally2426 4 жыл бұрын
U need to take a few steps back to make a leap forward
@pedrojuan8050 4 жыл бұрын
Introducing! Elon Musk!
@Wojak369 4 жыл бұрын
@@pedrojuan8050 introducing where? The Charismatic Scam Artist Hall of Fame?
@pedrojuan8050 4 жыл бұрын
@@Wojak369 calm down bruh
@Wojak369 4 жыл бұрын
@@pedrojuan8050 I am bruh
@ovx_tube 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Waiting for SpaceShuttle! :)
@luisaguilar9003 4 жыл бұрын
Great video, that place is really awesome. Thanks Joe!
@rishirajupadhyay1704 4 жыл бұрын
Thats like R2D2 version of Jack and Rose Titanic scene.
@avialikbez7345 4 жыл бұрын
This is awesome! I think that CJ channel is the best in my subscriptions! Joe, in Moscow we have museum of BURAN ( russian space shuttle ), and the history is that REAL BURAN and his prototype us still standing in Baikonour's secret hangar ( there are several videos from russian guys, check them out ). You can visit russian museum of BURAN & Cosmonautics, and make video about it))
@barukh4774 4 жыл бұрын
And BURAN,s carrier AN-225 - largest cargo plane in the world.
@ci7alex1 4 жыл бұрын
Are you referring to the museum at VDNH? or there's some other Buran dedicated museum?
@avialikbez7345 4 жыл бұрын
@@ci7alex1 Yep, Buran at VDNKH, and The museum of cosmonautics near the VDNKH
@intel386DX 4 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qtVnnZWK0qvGkYk.html
@SteverRob 4 жыл бұрын
I’ve had the privilege to meet Fred Haise a few times over the years. Fred was the first pilot of the Enterprise, landed it dead-stick at Edwards. Trekkies have dubbed Fred as the first pilot of the Enterprise and he gets a kick out of this.
@hoffmann-photography-Syke 4 жыл бұрын
Back in the early eighties I had the pleasure to see N905NA with a Shuttle Mock-up in flight during the Hannover Air Show. What a sight. I still have two pictures of the fly by.
@MrPomelo555 4 жыл бұрын
JOE, it’s great to see you post new videos more often like you used to! Long haul flights and a girlfriend have been limiting your time, eh? 🤙
@TheMightyKinkle 4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely amazing. Side note: Is it even possible to get into Atlantis' cockpit at Kennedy Space Centre? It is suspended in the air.
@j.scottcaudill7543 4 жыл бұрын
From what I understand and have heard in another video with Adam Savage (Mythbusters fame), he was at KSC in Florida doing a video about the Shuttle with a NASA Museum curator and the curator stated that NOBODY is allowed inside the Shuttle due to the floor actually being too delicate to support actual human weight. Since you are weightless in space, there isn't a load applied to the floor and it was never designed to support weight...also was a factor in reducing the weight of the Shuttle.
@MrSlim1959 4 жыл бұрын
@@j.scottcaudill7543 Then how did they get inside?I think you mean the payload bay.
@j.scottcaudill7543 4 жыл бұрын
@@MrSlim1959 negative...I meant what I said. There are just a few rigid structural beams in the floor area of the cockpit and you need to carefully stand/walk on those in order to get into your seat 💺
@kcasc_hd 3 жыл бұрын
@@j.scottcaudill7543 i think that the lightest intern at nasa could make an inside tour for vr or ar
@vicba3219 4 жыл бұрын
Nice. Love the information. Keep giving us great content 🙏🙏🙏🙏
@MrCutLawnCare 3 жыл бұрын
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