STS-133 Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA)

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Courtesy: NASA, Produced by: Regan Geeseman

NASA requested the Image Acquisition Group document the STS-133 crew during Shuttle Training Aircraft operations. A combination of hand held footage and cockpit cameras get a view never seen before of this training

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[jschoofs]

Flies like a brick

[paranoma87]

@supernaturalguy2009: its not an A320....its a gulfstream

[sudoLinux666]

@ReverendBow You are correct. Quite amazing. Those approaches are fast as hell.

[ReverendBow]

@fluturaku

Incorrect.

It is a GII Modified.

The Main gear drops, nose gear stays up.

Thrust Reversers are used during the entire simulation

Flaps go 20 degrees down, and 30 degrees up

It never actually touches the runway during the simulation, the mains are 20' above the runway to provide the student with the same visual cues he/she would get in the Orbiter as it actually touched down...

And yes, it is one hell of a ride....

[becauseicanpostit]

if you notice, only the left side has the joystick; the right side has the traditional control wheel of a G2. This aircraft has been modified to simulate the STS cockpit and is a training aircraft. There was no need to modify the right side of controls, since that is for the pilot trainer.

[Elios0000]

@jschoofs a brick with stubby wings :P

[fluturaku]

Gulfstream IIIB modified

[HamburgAirport]

I have heard this is the longest civil runway ?

[funthing1991]

@SuperTimberwolf44 about 200 feet per sec i'd say O_o

[supernaturalguy2009]

im guessing its because of the joystick thats why they used the a320.. the real shuttle uses a joystick

[supernaturalguy2009]

im guessing its because of the joystick thats why they used the a320..