NASA's Two Modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft Flying in Formation

NASA's Two Modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft Flying in Formation https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/49b794fb-85a2-4656-be83-0670563bf4c3 This 1-minute, 47-second video shows NASA's two modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) briefly flying in formation for the first time ever over the Edwards Air Force Base test range on Aug. 2, 2011. NASA 911 was on a pilot proficiency flight while NASA 905 was on a functional check flight following maintenance operations. NASA photographer Carla Thomas captured video imagery of the formation flight from a NASA Dryden F/A-18. The SCA were based at NASA's Dryden (now Armstrong) Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA. To learn more about NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft visit: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-013-DFRC.html Mirrored from YouTube: https://youtu.be/UBlcxFckG8I Original channel: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:50:41 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us NASA's Two Modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft Flying in Formation https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/ec5edb1e-3795-4978-be4f-c67e98fbc992.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/49b794fb-85a2-4656-be83-0670563bf4c3 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.