After an almost two month deployment, NASA's Boeing 747SP N747NA has departed Christchurch lifting off at lunchtime 29 July 2019 heading to Hickam then onto Palmdale.
In total the 747 flew 25 of its planned 32 missions with some cancelled due to mechanical issues and poor weather conditions.
Great series of shots taken 29 July 2019 by Tony McFarlin.
In total the 747 flew 25 of its planned 32 missions with some cancelled due to mechanical issues and poor weather conditions.
Great series of shots taken 29 July 2019 by Tony McFarlin.
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| The 2019 flight pattern for SOFIA. |
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Posted 03 June 2019:
NASA's flying telescope SOFIA has migrated south once again this year for another round of sky gazing.
Boeing 747SP-21 N747NA arrived at Christchurch mid morning 02 June 2019 having embarked from its Palmdale/CA home three days ago with two unscheduled overnights at Hickam/Honolulu.
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/SOFIA/overview/index.html
This season SOFIA has 32 planned missions with OC7-C Flight 1 scheduled for the night of 03 June 2019 and running until the end of July 2019.
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| Arriving to a cold, soggy Christchurch morning. |
https://www.sofia.usra.edu/science/proposing-and-observing/proposal-calls/cycle-7/flight-plans
Previous posts about SOFIA can be found http://mrcaviation.blogspot.com/search?q=sofia
