meme + space shuttle

[gwynnega]

From rushthatspeaks, the International Book Week Meme. The fifth sentence on page 52 of the book closest to me, sans context: "People are complicated."

(Oh, okay...it's from Code Name Verity.)

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I hadn't expected to get to see the Endeavour's flyover today. I was making scrambled eggs with kale, leeks and heirloom tomato when I heard a loud plane flying overhead, so I grabbed my keys and ran outside, but didn't see anything. I turned on the TV, and a few minutes later it said the space shuttle was flying over Griffith Park, which is near my apartment, so I once again ran outside--and saw the Endeavour slowly flying by atop a 747, flanked by fighter jets. It was pretty thrilling.

Then a few minutes later I heard the airplane noise again and looked out my window, and there was the Endeavour again! I wish I'd managed to take a photo (but pretty much everybody else in LA did).

Comments

[kore]

Aww, that is so neat.

[dkolodji.livejournal.com]

It was amazing. I hadn't expected to see it either. I was booked for an 8:15 am flight and managed to oversleep! The company travel agency put me on a 3:45 p.m. flight which meant I was driving to the airport when the Endeavor was doing on the fly-bys, so I saw it 4 different times on the way to the airport.

I managed to arrive at LAX shortly before 1 pm so my last view of it was when it flew over the 405 on its way to land. The traffic was so slow at that point, that I grabbed my camera and shot a photo through the windshield of the car.

[gwynnega]

That's great you got to see all those fly-bys (even though you missed your original flight!). I saw those on TV, and they looked spectacular.

[usedtobeljs]

Awesome Endeavour sighting. :)

[hugs]

[gwynnega]

It really was! :-)

::hugs::

[dettiot.livejournal.com]

Code Name Verity is an awesome, amazing book.