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Inside the flying telescope! NASA Boeing 747SP “SOFIA"

Paul Stewart 50,009 6 months ago
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Walkaround tour of a NASA Boeing 747SP flying observatory called SOFIA currently retired and on display at the PIMA Air and Space Museum in Tucson. Museum: https://pimaair.org/ This aircraft: https://pimaair.org/museum-aircraft/boeing-747sp/ Other Boeing 747 videos: Final QANTAS Boeing 747-400 flight ever: https://youtu.be/EyuoX3tDWGw Onboard a Lufthansa Boeing 747-8: https://youtu.be/XYhV2DEYPcA Guided tour around the first ever Boeing 747-100 prototype in Seattle: https://youtu.be/_fU1EUwwH_8 Tour around the Shuttle Carrier 747: https://youtu.be/pkwt594wn5U Tour around a Qantas 747-400: https://youtu.be/lfmCT54cwXI Qantas 747-200 tour: https://youtu.be/E7mCtl_uJ1s Other videos: Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk guided tour: https://youtu.be/D5Jssn7JWm4 Boeing B-47 Stratojet guided tour: https://youtu.be/sCycgGjOhtk Convair B-36 Peacemaker tour: https://youtu.be/on_HwcLXWYw De Havilland Comet 4 guided tour: https://youtu.be/7nfH16RpXjs BAC Concorde prototype tour: https://youtu.be/UI6bHErEIvo Vickers Super VC-10 tour: https://youtu.be/tTt4KTJJRw4 Duxford Air Museum long guided tour: https://youtu.be/VxIyQCAQi7g American Air Museum in Duxford long guided tour: https://youtu.be/_Joz2Vr4lk0 SAM 26000 VC-137C: https://youtu.be/-vwI3efLs4w Lockheed VC-121E “Columbine III”: https://youtu.be/lTbL8MY8aZk North American X-15 guided tour: https://youtu.be/2vp40OnBMXc Museum of Flight guided tour: https://youtu.be/CG0yrACmDAs Lockheed Super Constellation flying footage: https://youtu.be/Rc3pUpY7GpM Lockheed Super Constellation guided tour: https://youtu.be/sd5xujtsOlo Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Air and Space museum: https://youtu.be/CpJiLUDwyx0 National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Part 1: https://youtu.be/7ZKQzgLiZ94 National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Part 2: https://youtu.be/ZKKUP4h58rM Duxford Air Museum UK: https://youtu.be/VxIyQCAQi7g American Air Museum at Duxford: https://youtu.be/_Joz2Vr4lk0 Tour through the first ever Boeing 747 in Seattle: https://youtu.be/boGbjkx3_7c​ Tour around the Northrop YF-23 in Dayton: https://youtu.be/8VOUbCfki1Q Detailed tour around the Lockheed F-22 Raptor: https://youtu.be/l4y71pDy8t0 Republic F-105 Thunderchief tour: https://youtu.be/O4CBT59STuc North American F-100 Super Sabre: https://youtu.be/2Qht4zoWhtQ McDonnell F-101 Voodo: https://youtu.be/sVU5VBrmxPc Convair F-102 Delta Dagger: https://youtu.be/jTco1izJXBs Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit prototype: https://youtu.be/xEPs9izdDJA Lockheed YF-12A tour: https://youtu.be/Ni_Mzfp8EKE Tour around the Northrop YF-23 in Dayton: https://youtu.be/8VOUbCfki1Q American Air Museum guided tour: https://youtu.be/_Joz2Vr4lk0 Tupolev Tu144: https://youtu.be/43mbeTtCXsE de Havilland Comet 4: https://youtu.be/7nfH16RpXjs Avro Vulcan tour and engine run: https://youtu.be/FgXZT1Ym4rk Tour around the first Boeing 747 in Seattle: https://youtu.be/_fU1EUwwH_8?si=oj0TdU0TD0qI9y4s Tour around a Saturn V rocket in Houston: https://youtu.be/ByXRfwAK1S8 F-117 Nighthawk: https://youtu.be/KTCP1_0AkxQ Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose": https://youtu.be/zwniLHX-KTc Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress: https://youtu.be/h4_ESnENDfI Boeing B-29 Superfortress: https://youtu.be/6TcTDd2v090 Convair B-36 Peacemaker: https://youtu.be/bvM0usMCQkg Boeing B-47 Stratojet: https://youtu.be/DPf40OW5Z0A Convair B-58 Hustler: https://youtu.be/UmQfyfedaRk North American XB-70 Valkryie: https://youtu.be/O8GvQ_N_lLk North American X-15: https://youtu.be/2vp40OnBMXc Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: https://youtu.be/McR124aLTnA Tour around a Titan II missile silo on Tucson: https://youtu.be/k4my24bGlEM 0:00 intro 0:47 PIMA Air and Space MuseumTucson 1:00 background 1:46 starting at the nose 4:30 Pratt and Whitney JT9D turbofans 6:40 modified wing 8:00 modified tail 9:17 telescope door 11:00 inside the main deck and telescope 17:30 upstairs and cockpit

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