space shuttle Endeavour to fly over Disneyland

[perlster]

Well, "to be flown over" more precisely
Friday, about or after 10:30 AM

 

[GrandBob]

Well, "to be flown over" more precisely

Friday, about or after 10:30 AM

Woot! That list includes the Monterey Bay Aquarium, very near where I live and work! Tres, tres cool!

 

[BryANDJessMom]

Cool!! We will be there!!!! thanks for the heads up!,

 

[Aust]

I'm really excited about this, on our first full day in the parks. My 11 year old will love it.

 

[momrek06]

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/sep/18/local/la-me-endeavour-flyover-20120919


Space shuttle Endeavour to fly over local landmarks on way to LAX
Endeavour, while atop a Boeing 747, will end its farewell aerial tour Friday by passing over such sites as Disneyland, Getty Center and Griffith Observatory.

By Kate Mather, Los Angeles Times

Disneyland is among the locales on Endeavour's flyover route.
It wouldn't be a trip to Southern California without a visit to Disneyland.

The Anaheim park is one of several Los Angeles-area landmarks that space shuttle Endeavour will fly over before landing Friday morning at Los Angeles International Airport, according to NASA. Also on deck: the Getty Center, Griffith Observatory and the California Science Center, the retired orbiter's new permanent home.

 

[perlster]

nm

 

[DharmaLou]

I saw pics of the flight over Disney World - what a neat experience!

 

[iheartdisney]

and where?
I would love to go to disneyland tomorrow for the flyover, but traffic and lack of a ticket is stopping me. I know by the time i drop the kids off at school, traffic going all the way down to Anaheim will be deathly.
So of all of the known flyover spots, I am thinking either the Hollywood sign or the Griffith Observatory. I am leaning towards the Observatory.
Anyone else planning on watching the shuttle come home? i feel like a school girl with the anticipation!

 

[kellis98]

I'm going to go to see it tomorrow. So excited!

 

[PizzieDuster]

I'm going to go to see it tomorrow. So excited!

I was thinking of going too....where you going? I was thinking of going to the parking structure -- to the top floor. Probably with hundreds of others

Any advice anyone?

 

[Sherry E]

I merge the 3 threads about this topic together. It's going to be such a fleeting, over-before-you-know-it type of event that I think we can get away with just one thread.

 

[woody73]

We're going to Disneyland tomorrow and hope to see the Endeavour.

Woody

 

[BarbLM]

I saw it as it flew over Tucson, Captain Mark Kelly asked for a special fly over Tucson. It flew at 1500 feet.

 

[AndyR]

Woot! That list includes the Monterey Bay Aquarium, very near where I live and work! Tres, tres cool!

I'll be heaed down to MBA from Santa Cruz. Probably do breakfast and hang out at to the left and back of Bubba Gump. I hear they've pushed the time back to allow for the fog to clear GG Bridge and Moffett Field.

 

[Cheshirepixie]

Not as great as watching it fly over Disneyland, but I will be watching it fly over Sacramento.

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

I work near LAX and so I hope to see it come at that time

 

[Zzizzy]

The times have been updated. The Shuttle and SCA should pass over the Disneyland area some time after 11:30am.

Endeavour landed at Edwards Air Force Base on Thursday and spent the night. The SCA and Endeavour will salute NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center and the Edwards Air Force Base area after takeoff with a low flyby northbound to Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Any time after 9:30 a.m. PDT, watch for Endeavour from viewing locations that include the Bay Area Discovery Museum, Chabot Space and Science Center, the California State Capitol, Exploratorium, Lawrence Hall of Science and Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Next the aircraft will travel south, making a pass over NASA's Ames Research Center (I'll be staking out my spot and taking pictures.) and Vandenberg Air Force Base before heading into the Los Angeles area.

Any time after 11:30 a.m., watch for flyovers of Endeavour passing regional landmarks such as its future home at the California Science Center, Columbia Memorial Space Center in Downey, Disneyland, The Getty Center, Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles City Hall, the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific, Malibu Beach, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, the Queen Mary, Universal Studios and Venice Beach, among others.

Finally, the SCA and Endeavour will land about 12:45 p.m., at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) for an arrival ceremony before Endeavour is taken off the 747. The orbiter will be transported to the California Science Center next month.

The exact timing and path of the ferry flight will depend on weather conditions and operational constraints. Some planned flyovers or stopovers could be delayed or canceled.

For more information about NASA's transfer of space shuttles to museums, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/transition

 

[kellis98]

I was thinking of going too....where you going? I was thinking of going to the parking structure -- to the top floor. Probably with hundreds of others

Any advice anyone?

My husband suggested the top of the parking structure too. It's probably the best place to be sure you would get a good view of it.

 

[Disney Dreams]

I'm really conflicted on this one. I think it would be fun to say I saw it from Disneyland, but I just can't convince myself that DLR is the best place to view it from with buildings, trees, etc... all around.

I am torn between going to DLR or one of the other many So Cal spots. I just want to have a clear view, know what I mean?

- Dreams

 

[creampuff]

I'm really conflicted on this one. I think it would be fun to say I saw it from Disneyland, but I just can't convince myself that DLR is the best place to view it from with buildings, trees, etc... all around.

I am torn between going to DLR or one of the other many So Cal spots. I just want to have a clear view, know what I mean?

- Dreams

Time it , so you will be on Mickey's Fun Wheel. Or if you have precise timing, time it right when the top doors open on the tower of terror.