NASA STA Space Shuttle Landing Trainer - Gulfstream II

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On The Road With Norm

On The Road With Norm

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I'm in behind this huge museum in Oregon. There's classic aircraft all over the place. I discover the very first F-101 Voodoo parked outside and right next to it is this very special NASA STA Space Shuttle Landing Trainer Aircraft. It is a Gulfstream II built by North American Aviation in 1974. It has been extensively modified to act like a space shuttle on its final descent to landing. The left side of the cockpit is exactly the same as the space shuttle. The right side is regular Gulfstream and is crewed by the instructor pilot. The astronauts fly their final training missions in their pressure suits. One astronaut did over 1400 descents. NASA built 4 of these trainers during the thirty year space shuttle program. This one is at the Evergreen Air & Space Museum in McMinnville Oregon. Inside they have the flight simulator for this plane sitting under a Lockheed SR-71.

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@SuperDaveTX1
@SuperDaveTX1 14 күн бұрын
I flew that sim hundreds of times...in the lab.. ;-) oh.. and wrote most low level code and the guidance code when we switched to Ada and Motorola CPUs. Went for a sim flight just before I left. Was cool as heck!
@ontheroadwithnorm2024
@ontheroadwithnorm2024 14 күн бұрын
Awesome - do you know how many years they had this program? Can you confirm four aircraft were converted? Were they based in New Mexico?
@GrenvilleMelonseedSkiff496
@GrenvilleMelonseedSkiff496 10 ай бұрын
Excellent video! Fun fact … one of the major modifications to the STA Gulfstream was to the engine reversers. The Rolls-Royce Spey 511-8 engine “target” type reversers were replaced with “cascade” type reversers used on other Spey powered aircraft. This allowed the engine reversers to be operated in flight. The reverse thrust was varied by the shuttle training pilot as he operated the STA’s speed brake handle simulating the effect of the Shuttle’s split rudder speed brake. A computer in the STA varied the engine reverse thrust to simulate the effect of the Shuttle’s speed brake based on the pilot’s inputs! As a rule, jet engine thrust reversers are not deployed in flight but there are a few exceptions, the DC-8 and C-17 being two examples. Thanks for this video!
@ontheroadwithnorm2024
@ontheroadwithnorm2024 10 ай бұрын
Thank-you so much for the awesome informational comment!
@bryanyoung8663
@bryanyoung8663 Жыл бұрын
Strong work Norm very detailed !
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