COMMENT 322653
|
2012-09-21 11:41 AM |
|
Just saw it. 2 fighter jets along side. Very cool.
|
| |
PAMSB
|
2012-09-21 11:41 AM |
|
Flew right down the freeway corridor. I'm at Las Positas and Modoc and it went right over my house...:)
|
| |
LIZTISH340
|
2012-09-21 11:42 AM |
|
You know, I thought I didn't care, but it was great seeing it and remembering the good times it gave us! What a treat!
|
| |
COMMENT 322658
|
2012-09-21 11:43 AM |
|
Who do I complain to about the loud noise from this rude public display?
|
| |
COMMENT 322659
|
2012-09-21 11:43 AM |
|
Wow!! just passed over the Riviera - there it was in all it's glory. so excited to see it!
|
| |
CHERIDIANE
|
2012-09-21 11:43 AM |
|
I just saw it too, right overhead, near downtown! Two smaller planes were on the left. After it went by, running to my balcony, I could see a big white thing on top of the plane. Cool.
|
| |
COMMENT 322661
|
2012-09-21 11:44 AM |
|
I just sent Ed some pix. Sure was more fun than we expected. People started cheering when they saw it. :)
|
| |
COMMENT 322663
|
2012-09-21 11:44 AM |
|
I can't believe it! I am so excited! My daughter and I ran outside when we heard it flying by! We are on Oak Park and Pueblo!
|
| |
COMMENT 322666
|
2012-09-21 11:46 AM |
|
On the lower Riv and it seemed to fly right over my house...very cool. Boos to you @658
|
| |
COMMENT 322670
|
2012-09-21 11:47 AM |
|
It just flew directly over Montecito.
What a rare and historical sight!
|
| |
COMMENT 322671
|
2012-09-21 11:48 AM |
|
I was hoping it was going to fly much lower than it did. Does anyone remember when a B-52 buzzed SB back in the late Seventies? That was a fly-over. I wanted to wave to the pilots of the 747. I did anyway but I don't think they saw me.
|
| |
OYANSAN
|
2012-09-21 11:51 AM |
|
Awesome!
I just saw the 747 with the Space Shuttle and a fighter jet escort fly over. Luckily I opted to bring my binoculars, but alas, forgot the camera.
While I'm not a huge fan of space exploration for the sake of colonization (hey, can't we just take care of the planet we have?!) I do think the space program represents the epitome of Human "can-do."
It was a grand moment to see avionic history fly by.
Goodness, those Wright Bros. must be proud!!!
|
| |
COMMENT 322674
|
2012-09-21 11:52 AM |
|
It was cool, sent a pic to edhat that I took. Wish I had a better camera but I bet we will see some good pics soon, could see a big camera or something set up on the top of the Granada :)
|
| |
COMMENT 322676
|
2012-09-21 11:53 AM |
|
I wish they would have flown over the ocean, this would have kept the noise down....
|
| |
ROGER DODGER
|
2012-09-21 11:54 AM |
|
Really something seeing that...Beautiful.
|
| |
COMMENT 322679P
|
2012-09-21 11:55 AM |
|
I saw it too and I gave into the impulse to wave even though it seemed a bit silly to wave.
|
| |
COMMENT 322682
|
2012-09-21 11:56 AM |
|
Lots of people lined up in Shoreline Park for the viewing. It was pretty cool, I must say! People stopped in the street to look at it, but no accidents. Awesome!
|
| |
COMMENT 322684
|
2012-09-21 12:01 PM |
|
We had a nice crowd on the 8th floor of the UCSB library. So cool!
|
| |
COMMENT 322686
|
2012-09-21 12:04 PM |
|
@ 322658
Actually I was wondering whom I could email to request that they blow an extremely loud horn so I would know exactly when to walk out of my house to view the shuttle.
|
| |
COMMENT 322687
|
2012-09-21 12:04 PM |
|
Wonder how the pilot of the carrier plane feels - pretty cool assignment!
|
| |
COMMENT 322696P
|
2012-09-21 12:24 PM |
|
Didn't get to see it because of a Dr. Appt. So thank much for the photos. Yeah, you think ho hum, but then even the photos make you smile and be proud of what we accomplished.
|
| |
COMMENT 322661
|
2012-09-21 12:37 PM |
|
Some of the pics look like they were taken from the air. Did someone manage to do that?
|
| |
MACPUZL
|
2012-09-21 12:39 PM |
|
This shuttle's name is actually Endeavour, with the British spelling, since it's named after HMS Endeavour, Captain Cook's ship on his first voyage of discovery.
|
| |
COMMENT 322710P
|
2012-09-21 12:44 PM |
|
KEYT website has the BIG NEWS that the flight has been delayed until 11:30 am. Being the only local station and who they are and where they are, why can't they be more ahead of what is going on in Santa Barbara instead of hours or days behind?
|
| |
AQUAHOLIC
|
2012-09-21 12:46 PM |
|
Great photos Edhatters!! I hopped out of my car at 11:45 am out at Devereaux Point to walk Luke and looked up and saw it overhead...sans camera, rrrggghhhh! Glad you guys got some shots of it, very cool indeed!
|
| |
SBJULES
|
2012-09-21 12:46 PM |
|
Thanks to everyone who posted a picture. I heard it(on coast village road) and ran out, but missed it. I'm watching LA TV now. Folks are reacting the same way we did here. I used to work across the street from where the shuttle used to "reside" in Goleta and have always been fascinated by it.
|
| |
COMMENT 322713
|
2012-09-21 12:47 PM |
|
I didn't know it was flying over Santa Barbara. I just happened to be outside and got to watch it from Bel Air Knolls. What a treat!
|
| |
COMMENT 322716
|
2012-09-21 12:49 PM |
|
I got some shots from West Beach, everyone on the beach, pier, and harbor was looking up. Great day for the USA. And NBC out of LA is streaming video.
|
| |
COMMENT 322719
|
2012-09-21 12:53 PM |
|
We went and saw it fly over from the Courthouse Tower, kinda surprised there weren't more people up there. Got a lot of good photos.
|
| |
COMMENT 322722
|
2012-09-21 12:58 PM |
|
We saw it perfectly flying over the Goleta Library parking lot. It gave me chills. I was surprised I got a little emotional over it.
|
| |
COMMENT 322733
|
2012-09-21 01:09 PM |
|
My buddy got to see the Endeavour twice today. Historic, we were at Edwards when it took off. Then, on the drive back, we were able to see it in Summerland as it flew over. What a day! Welcome home Endeavour.
|
| |
COMMENT 322735
|
2012-09-21 01:10 PM |
|
Great job NASA on a beautiful show. A very fitting tribute to the end of the Space Shuttle program. I look forward to seeing it up close in LA.
|
| |
COMMENT 322739
|
2012-09-21 01:15 PM |
|
So sad I missed it! Thanks for the photos!
|
| |
COMMENT 322742
|
2012-09-21 01:18 PM |
|
Honestly, why all the fuss with a flyover of the Space Shuttle? It's only a speck in the sky now, yet soon, you can see it up close and perhaps walk inside at its new home in Los Angeles. Hate to be a penny-pincher, but it seems like a waste of aviation fuel and tax payer money to fly it 5,000 feet overhead up and down the California coast to give everyone an "awe inspiring" view. Where were you when the space shuttle flew over Santa Barbara? Are you really going to remember this event a day from now?
|
| |
COMMENT 322687
|
2012-09-21 01:30 PM |
|
742 - Yea, I'll remember for a long time. Sorry you don't feel it.
|
| |
COMMENT 322750
|
2012-09-21 01:34 PM |
|
What? No driver on the top?
|
| |
COMMENT 322752P
|
2012-09-21 01:36 PM |
|
322742 - 'twas not up and down - merely down. It had to fly to LA anyway - why not let others share in its last flight. I saw the first (I think) piggy-back flight over Lompoc many years ago, and to see it today was like a bookend for me. And if any aviation buffs can correct me, the slower speed was probably more fuel-efficient.
|
| |
COMMENT 322754
|
2012-09-21 01:41 PM |
|
For me, this was a once in a lifetime event. I will always remember where I was when I saw it fly over head. You will never see another shuttle in the sky again. Fairly historic I would say.
|
| |
COMMENT 322757
|
2012-09-21 01:50 PM |
|
The close-ups and side views from State St. required a big lens - thanks to those photogs who captured history and posted!
|
| |
COMMENT 322759P
|
2012-09-21 01:53 PM |
|
I think "all the fuss" is both nostalgia and enthusiasm for our best and brightest moments. NASA represents real forward progress, exploration, hope, and belief in the future. We should continue to fund basic science, even as we downsize other areas of government for greater efficiency (and less nanny state intrusions).
|
| |
COMMENT 322674
|
2012-09-21 01:55 PM |
|
It was quite awesome to watch and emotional. It reminded me of being a kid when I was raise to be "proud to be an American" and today, standing outside for a few minutes with all my co-workers, we were all proud. A group of International students walked by and stared at us, we pointed at the sky and they just looked at us as though we were crazy.
|
| |
AQUAHOLIC
|
2012-09-21 02:02 PM |
|
In this day and age, when you have the opportunity to simply walk outside, look up to sky, see history, feel your spine tingle, shed a tiny tear of pride and feel really good for a few moments....honestly, what could be better for your soul than that? Thank you NASA for letting us share in the final flight of Endeavour, I will remember.
|
| |
COMMENT 322764
|
2012-09-21 02:10 PM |
|
Watching it fly by was thrilling for me. When I was a kid I remember reading that someday a rocket (and men) would land on the moon. Today I've been witness to a part of history.
|
| |
COMMENT 322766
|
2012-09-21 02:17 PM |
|
What a bummer, I totally missed it! I had no idea it was coming around here, and I was sitting inside my house all morning! Oh, I'm pissed! Thanks for the pics though!
|
| |
SHOREBIRD
|
2012-09-21 02:18 PM |
|
As the mayor of LA said, " it's not a once in a lifetime event it's a ONE TIME event.
|
| |
STACE
|
2012-09-21 03:09 PM |
|
750 for the win! A witty Joni Mitchell fan...what could be better??? And 754, you took the words right out of my mouth. I was headed to the tower at the Courthouse when it came directly overhead. What a thrill! I got a couple of good shots off, and you can bet that even though they aren't nearly as good as some of the images I've seen here, they are precious reminders of a wonderfully historic day in my life. I'm so glad NASA let us all share in the nostalgia and national pride of this historic event.
|
| |
COMMENT 322788
|
2012-09-21 03:17 PM |
|
Observation: This is what it used to be to be Americans together. To be proud and to enjoy something we paid for. Something not absolutely mandatory, but something we all felt neat and inspired by, and that made us stop what we were doing to oh and ah. I hope we keep finding those experiences.
|
| |
COMMENT 322791
|
2012-09-21 03:20 PM |
|
It was a thrill to see it in person! Took a pic - not great. Saw the jets.
|
| |
COMMENT 322793
|
2012-09-21 03:27 PM |
|
I didn't think I would be too excited when it came flying by, but count me in as one of those who were outside for 30 minutes waiting to catch a glimpse. I think it is a great salute to the decades of American (and particularly SoCal) engineering that went into this endeavor (pun intended).
|
| |
COMMENT 322798
|
2012-09-21 03:46 PM |
|
As someone who worked on the Space Shuttle's Inertial Upper Stage in the 70's, seeing Endeavour fly over my house on her last flight really put some mileage markers on my career. What a long ride it's been.
|
| |
ZENYATTA19
|
2012-09-21 04:39 PM |
|
Exactly right 788!
|
| |
COMMENT 322833
|
2012-09-21 05:50 PM |
|
@742: I didn't get to see it fly over, but heck yeah I would've remembered it if I had. I still remember getting to see the Concorde SST take-off back in the mid-80's. That was LOUD! and VERY COOL! I was disappointed that I had an important telephone appointment today that made getting out to see the Shuttle flyover impossible. LOVE the pics, though.
|
| |
D8VANILLA
|
2012-09-21 07:03 PM |
|
I was chatting with my Smog Shop guy, Ricardo, when the mechanic came over and said a friend just called him and said it was overhead. I could hear the jets, and we all quickly went to the curb and got a great view of them going right over our heads. It was sooooo exciting.
|
| |
EMI PHOTO
|
2012-09-21 11:31 PM |
|
http://framework.latimes.com/2012/09/19/endeavour-photos/#/0
Looks like LA's where its at! Some amazing shots on the LA Times website.
|
| |
IHEARTSB
|
2012-09-22 01:58 AM |
|
@742, strange reply me thinks, and absolutely YES I will remember this day and seeing such a sight in the sky... It was awesome! These sorts of things bring everyone together. This is something to be proud of as a country, despite party affiliation, nationality, etc. Just a moment to be proud and in awe. So glad I saw it!
|
| |
COMMENT 322961
|
2012-09-22 09:43 AM |
|
I missed the event, dang it, but the photos posted here are fantastic! Thanks edhat!
|
| |
COMMENT 322719
|
2012-09-22 10:29 AM |
|
Haters are always going to hate (742) sad part about the internet is they now have a place to spew their junk. As a kid growing up in the '80's I remember every launch always being a big deal on TV, I remember hearing the sonic booms when the shuttle was coming in to land at Edwards, I remember being in 3rd grade and watching the Challenger disaster in my classroom and my teacher breaking down in tears, the rest of us didn't really grasp the enormity of that day. So yes, going out yesterday to see the flyover and take pictures was a big deal for a lot of us, go ahead and wank about tax dollars, I'm going to think more about the age of discovery and space exploration and how as someone already said, it used to be something to bring us together as a country.
|
| |
COMMENT 322981
|
2012-09-22 10:53 AM |
|
while I didn't see it I sure heard it, and all these pics have me excited all over again -- a beautiful sight
|
| |
COMMENT 323017
|
2012-09-22 12:41 PM |
|
Let's see a pic with a landmark in it! Jeez! One photographer even sent in like 10 of the same close up!
|
| |
COMMENT 323026P
|
2012-09-22 01:15 PM |
|
788 - That's exactly how I felt when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. I was in college at UCSB and working at a hamburger stand. An older coworker (...way old...like 21 :o) ) brought in a little black and white TV and we set it up on the counter in the kitchen and watched. Of course, we had no customers, everyone was home watching TV......I'll always remember where I was and what I was doing and how proud I was to be an American.....
|
| |
COMMENT 322742
|
2012-09-22 04:13 PM |
|
Other than nearly everyone's rah-rah-rah for the shuttle fly-over and how-proud-I am-to-be-an-American-aren't-you and where- were-you-in-1969, etc, , no one has given me a better understanding about why the shuttle flyover. I'm all for treasuring historic items like the Air Force One Boeing 707 at Reagan's Library, space capsules in the Air & Space Museum in D.C.. Wouldn't it be a better view to see the Endeavor from the sidewalk as it proceeds from LAX to its final resting spot? Or to take the amount spent on the 747's fuel flying up and down California and instead use it to insure free admission for all comers for a year to see the Endeavor up close? Geez, folks, I'm not a hater. I just don't buy into how this show went down. And puh-leeze, don't get me started on all the trees that had to be cut down to get the shuttle to its new home. The neighborhood along the transportation route will remember the shuttle ground transport for the next 30 years....
|
| |
