The day of departure.
Funny how the engine nacelle alone is about the size of an F-104.
A peek inside the fuel tank shows the engineering that went into this airplane. The larger pipes are for fuel flow and fuel transfer. There are smaller pipes along the side for liquid nitrogen transfer. Above the gentleman's head is a nozzle-type appratus that was used to spray cool fuel from the bottom of the tank onto the upper surface of the tank, since there was no other way to cool that part of the airframe in flight.
The Kenworth's vista window vaguely resembles the rear canopy of the blackbird it's pulling. The convoy of seven tractor-trailers arrived in Michigan four days later, on March 28, 2003. -NASA photo by Tony Landis
all photos on this page by Tony Landis except where indicated
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