[Doogle]

..with todays landing of the shuttle, just a thought and view,enjoy!

http://www.wimp.com/breathtakingfootage/

[Rummenigge]

and it’s the top gear guys again ... god I envy them for their job.

I nearley spilled my coffee when I realized it’s james may.

[omega4179]

nice video! that was worth seeing.

[VaRepublican]

Sorry I already forgot the exact # but that was just 30 some miles up?

[fso301]

Don’t like the music effects

[ElayneJ]

Watch later.

[exnavy]

Isn’t it amazing the technology that comes from a nation that supports a free enterprise system of advancement.

[Tainan]

Very very cool...Thanks.

[Bad Jack Bauer]

When I was a kid, like most kids, I wanted to be an astronaught. But I never outgrew it. I got into engineering in college in hopes of someday getting into the Space Program. I fell in love and got married and those dreams became just wishes and regrets of things never done. But I always wondered how it would have been. A few years ago we went on a family trip to Disneyworld and hit all the parks. Disneyworld, Epoct Center, all of them.

We got on a ride called Mars Mission or something similar, hosted by an actor I very much respect, Gary Sinse. More than a ride, it was a simulator. The most thrilling 5 minutes of my life (the most thrilling 4 minutes of my life were on my wedding night, much to my bride's disappointment), were that ride.

I remember getting off of that ride with tears in my eyes after having a taste of what could have been. I can only imagine what going up on a flight like this would be like.

[raybbr]

The narrator is a little obsessed with boiling body fluids but the whole thing was amazing indeed. Piloting the plane in very thin air must be a real challenge.

[alfa6]

Dragonlady Video Ping

And a few pics for the bandwith challenged

Aw heck one more pic won't hurt:-)

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[Daffynition]

Thanks Doogle! Breathtaking doesn't even cover it! Just WOW!

SR-71 Blackbird

[Daffynition]

Sorry, C&P wrong URL ...but you have excellent pix of the plane above.

[raybbr]

Did you see this reconstruction of the flight landing in the Hudson? It's unbelievable.

[skeptoid]

Very distinctive landing; here it 'quits flying' at the proper moment, but the Dragon Lady doesn't always cooperate.

[skeptoid]

Very distinctive landing; here it 'quits flying' at the proper moment, but the Dragon Lady doesn't always cooperate.

[mylife]

Gobsmacked!

RIP Major Duane Dively

[NELSON111]

BTTTFL

[politicalmerc]

Ping

[Clay Moore]

God bless Kelly Johnson!

[SES1066]

I saw this and the entire program on BBC America as what I think is a series (Armstrong and then Apollo Wives) on the 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11. I thought that this program was very well done with interviews of Alan Bean - Apollo 12 - Nov.'69 and Harrison Schmitt - Apollo 17 - Dec.'72. FYI: James May is one of the 3 co-hosts of the marvelous Top Gear auto program on BBC America AND is a licensed private pilot.

Another FYI: The Bill Rutan / Paul Allen / Richard Branson Collaboration of SpaceshipOne made astronaut altitude in Oct. 2004 with a Second Sub-Orbital flight of 111.996 kilometres (69.591 mi / 367k feet) with their test pilot, Brian Binnie, thus winning the Ansari X Prize and giving Mr. Binnie and Mike Melvill (Previous flight of Sep.29th, 2004) FAA civilian astronaut badges.