Color photograph of Enterprise being towed around a corner of of a street with people walking a…

Enterprise Turning Corner

Object NamePhotograph

Historic Owner Robert Dilts

Association NASA

Association Enterprise (OV-101)

Date1977

PeriodPost-Decommissioning

Mediumphotographic paper

ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts

Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of Robert and Sue Ann Dilts. P2011.48.12

Object numberP2011.48.12

DescriptionPhotograph, Color; Horizontal image of Enterprise turning corner of Division and Rosamond Boulevard traveling from Palmdale, California to the Dryden Flight Research Center. In the foreground, a white dashed line is visible on the road. Enterprise is being towed on a truck with blue and white cab. Text on fuselage reads, "NASA // United States // Enterprise" printed in black with a reverse side flag after "United States". Bill Holmes, in the foreground on the proper right facing the camera, is the leader of the transport team. Frank Chudoba, center facing away from the camera, one of the vehicle supervisors providing hand signals to the driver. Between Bill Holmes and Frank Chudoba is Tom Flowers, a member of the transportation planning group. Beside the tractor facing away from the camera in front of the orbiter is Al Grills, Chief packaging engineer. Behind the orbiter in the light colored pants is Robert Dilts. There is a car visible below the delta wing and below the bed of the truck. On the proper, left side in the background there are two cars and a crowd of people visible. The bottom right corner has "A770131 P 116 C" printed in white.

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