To do in NYC Friday: see Space Shuttle Enterprise fly overhead

NASA just announced that on Friday, April 27, space shuttle Enterprise will be "piggybacked" on a 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft from Washington Dulles International Airport to New York's JFK.

The duo "will fly at a relatively low altitude over various parts of the New York City metropolitan area," and are expected to "fly near a variety of landmarks, including the Statue of Liberty and Intrepid."

The FAA is coordinating the flight, which is scheduled to occur between 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. EDT. More details here. (photo: NASA/Renee Bouchard)

Boing Boing editor/partner and tech culture journalist Xeni Jardin hosts and produces Boing Boing's in-flight TV channel on Virgin America airlines (#10 on the dial), and writes about living with breast cancer. Diagnosed in 2011. @xeni on Twitter. email: xeni@boingboing.net.

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LinkMan

Somebody dug up the proposed flight plan from FAA records.

Keeping fingers crossed for good weather.
niro5

I saw the overflight of DC. WORTH IT.

Enjoy New York, try not to give it bedbugs.
yri

You know, I remember being disappointed that Enterprise was not a fully functional space craft that was going to actually fly into orbit. But now that the rest of them are grounded, she’s the most intact of the fleet left.
http://twitter.com/kpkpkp Kevin Pierce

The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (2 were built) are quite impressive in their own right: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuttle_Carrier_Aircraft
benenglish

New York gets a shuttle. Houston doesn’t. There is no adequate explanation for that.