Video: NASA directs Boeing 747 through the streets of Houston

Posted on 01-05-2014 at 8:43 by CasperH – 10 Comments”

Watch out for that lamppost! And that phone line! And that road sign!

A more than 300-meter-long parade of self-propelled trucks was needed to get this Boeing 747 that should have space shuttles on its back to transport. That all happened in Houston, where this huge plane eight miles had to give it up. That has been converted to a small thirteen miles, and there were two nights is required.

Now, NASA has some experience with bizarre large vehicles, but a plane carrying they found something difficult. The Spaceshuttledragende Boeing 747 SCA (Shuttle Carrier Aircraft) was, therefore, by a specialized team of Boeing employees stripped of his wings, so that the whole in three parts to the Space Center Houston could be moved. This was apparently a huge zipper controlled flatbeds needed. We don’t understand as well why there is not just a Volkswagen Touareg is flown in, but good. In Houston arrived the plane is a replica of the space Shuttle Independence on his back as a tourist attraction his life to wear off.

Check out the video of this huge operation!