Space Shuttle Discovery STS 128 leaving Amarillo Texas after refueling on Sunday, 9/20/09

Discovery's 2,500 mile ferry flight began at 9:20 a.m. EDT Sunday after taking off from Edwards Air Force Base in California. The shuttle landed there Sept. 11 to end its STS-128 mission to the space station. The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft made three stops yesterday. Two were refueling stops, one at Rick Husband International Airport in Amarillo, Texas, the other at Ft. Worth Naval Air Station, Texas. The third and final stop Sunday was at Barksdale Air Force Base in Shreveport, La., where Discovery stayed overnight. The ferry flight team departed Barksdale at about 9:40 a.m. EDT today and traveled non-stop to Kennedy, maneuvering around storms along the way.

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[timneedham]

thanks for posting this! i had nearly the same footage on my phone, and lost it. do you live here in amarillo? again, thanks for posting this...tn