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3,500+ tourii line up for a look inside SOFIA - IMG_0265
The Kuiper Airborne Observatory, the predecessor to SOFIA, a modified former USAF C-141 Starlifter that flew from 1975 until 1996, carrying a 0.95 meter diameter reflector telescope for infrared and visible spectrum research - Salton Sea Fly 34
- Slow formation flight
- The people just draw everything in close
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Close-up of the telescope damping system components, made from German heavy-duty pneumatic truck suspension shock absorbers - these assist in isolating the telescope assembly from the aircraft so that the telescope assembly can remain bore-sighted on astronomical targets within an area the size of a dime, viewed from over 10 miles away - Salton Sea Fly 24
- Ready to take on the competition!
- Which one is closest?
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