Talk:Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

message: thumb|right|Orbiter Mount note reminding technicians how to connect the orbiter to the transport.This image has been removed by an unregistered user saying it is photoshopped. Does anyone know this for sure?--PremKudvaTalk 05:18, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It's real. Look at the section "Black Side Down" above, as well as searching for attach on the following page on the NASA website: NASA’s Innovators and Unsung Heroes. -- kenb215 talk 08:17, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Photoshopped image?

message: I can't find any information about what will happen to the SCAs when the shuttle program ends. I found a mention of a proposal to use them as spare parts for the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, but the source also says the plan fell through due to uncertainty in the shuttle retirement date. -- Cyrius|✎ 06:10, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shuttle retirement 

message: I believe this list is indeed relevant (and SCA flights were hardly "routine"), however it should be as a breakout page, not as part of this one, I think. - The Bushranger One ping only 19:47, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I would not object to a separate page, but it's still not very relevant.  We're also not listing which crawler transported each Shuttle to the pad, or detailing which barges transported Shuttle ETs or Saturn lower stages, or which Super Guppies transported S-IVB stages or ISS components.  In any event the overlinking needs to be fixed.   Rwessel (talk) 16:34, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps we should - but agreed on the overlinking. - The Bushranger One ping only 20:26, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of ferry flights 

message: === NASA Solicitation: NND13480656Q ===
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California
issued a Synopsis/Solicitation: NND13480656Q for the assessment, removal and packing of
JT9D-7J Engine before the end of the Fiscal Year, the document package can be found at:
 
<https://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgibin/eps/sol.cgi?acqid=157033#Other%2002>.
Here is a text from the STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) Dated 8/2/2013: 
"JT9D-7J Engine Assessment Service Contract SOFIA B747-SP N747NA
- Background -
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
currently operates the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)
aircraft at the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility (DAOF) located in Palmdale, CA.
The aircraft is a unique and highly modified Boeing 747SP which houses a large infrared telescope.
The SOFIA program has a planned duration of at least 20 years.
In order to ensure that enough usable spare engines are available to meet the program duration,
NASA has a requirement to assess the condition of eight JT9D-7J engines currently
installed on the two retired Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA).
One Boeing 747 SCA aircraft is located at the DAOF in Palmdale, CA
and the other is located at Johnson Space Center, Ellington Field, Houston, TX.
All assessments must be conducted at these locations.
- Aircraft Information -
Type Aircraft: Boeing 747
Engine Type: PW JT9D-7J
Location 1: Dryden Aircraft Operations, Palmdale CA
Location 2: Johnson Space Center, Houston TX
- 2.0 Objective -
Provide an assessment for airworthiness including time remaining of eight JT9D-7J aircraft engines. These engines are currently being used on the B747-100/200 Shuttle
Carrier Aircraft (SCA) and are required spares for the SOFIA B747SP aircraft...."
The contract is solicited, bidders respond, one is chosen, and work is done.
Also, NASA sometimes issues a Synopses of Contract Award or Press Release.
Any on-site pictures and reports from the engine testing and removal would be useful.
Testing four engines is going to make a lot of noise for a few days.
 
Any comments before this is added to the Article SCA wiki page?
dond (talk) 20:33, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It's somewhat marginal.  It'ss a current event that'll be obsolete in a few months, and a the real engine disposition will be known.  In any event, I presume you're intending to summarize this in a sentence or so?  Rwessel (talk) 23:24, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  SCA ENGINE REMOVAL ASSESSMENT AND PACKING FOR SHIPMENT 

message: NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California
issued a Synopsis/Solicitation: NND13480656Q for the assessment, removal and packing of
JT9D-7J Engine before the end of the Fiscal Year, the document package can be found at:
 
<https://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgibin/eps/sol.cgi?acqid=157033#Other%2002>.
Here is a text from the STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) Dated 8/2/2013: 
"JT9D-7J Engine Assessment Service Contract SOFIA B747-SP N747NA
- Background -
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
currently operates the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)
aircraft at the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility (DAOF) located in Palmdale, CA.
The aircraft is a unique and highly modified Boeing 747SP which houses a large infrared telescope.
The SOFIA program has a planned duration of at least 20 years.
In order to ensure that enough usable spare engines are available to meet the program duration,
NASA has a requirement to assess the condition of eight JT9D-7J engines currently
installed on the two retired Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA).
One Boeing 747 SCA aircraft is located at the DAOF in Palmdale, CA
and the other is located at Johnson Space Center, Ellington Field, Houston, TX.
All assessments must be conducted at these locations.
- Aircraft Information -
Type Aircraft: Boeing 747
Engine Type: PW JT9D-7J
Location 1: Dryden Aircraft Operations, Palmdale CA
Location 2: Johnson Space Center, Houston TX
- 2.0 Objective -
Provide an assessment for airworthiness including time remaining of eight JT9D-7J aircraft engines. These engines are currently being used on the B747-100/200 Shuttle
Carrier Aircraft (SCA) and are required spares for the SOFIA B747SP aircraft...."
The contract is solicited, bidders respond, one is chosen, and work is done.
Also, NASA sometimes issues a Synopses of Contract Award or Press Release.
Any on-site pictures and reports from the engine testing and removal would be useful.
Testing four engines is going to make a lot of noise for a few days.
 
Any comments before this is added to the Article SCA wiki page?
dond (talk) 20:33, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It's somewhat marginal.  It'ss a current event that'll be obsolete in a few months, and a the real engine disposition will be known.  In any event, I presume you're intending to summarize this in a sentence or so?  Rwessel (talk) 23:24, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  NASA Solicitation: NND13480656Q 

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