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Color poster depicting Enterprise being flown on the back of a 747 airplane with brown, arid la…
Enterprise Poster
Color poster depicting Enterprise being flown on the back of a 747 airplane with brown, arid la…
Color poster depicting Enterprise being flown on the back of a 747 airplane with brown, arid land below, title reads “The Enterprise Earns Its Wings”

Enterprise Poster

Object NamePoster
Historic Owner
DateFebruary 18, 1977
Mediumpaper, ink
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of Robert and Sue Ann Dilts. 2014.113.01
Object number2014.113.01
DescriptionPoster; Vertical unmounted color poster depicting a color photograph of Enterprise being flown on the back of a 747 airplane with brown, arid land below on black background. The top half of poster has a color photograph of Enterprise flying on top of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) with small text printed in the top, left of the photograph that reads, "February 18, 1977,” in black ink. Text below color image reads, "The Enterprise earns its wings // ...as it flies piggyback on a 747 over Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. // Rockwell // International" in white ink on a black background. Rockwell logo printed on bottom, right corner.
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