I obviously did not take this photo, but the source claimed it was taken by a commercial airline pilot, which I can't discount if they had a long-lens. I was working in Miami once, and got to see a shuttle launch from there. You couldn't make out the vehicle, but could easily follow the plume to the northern horizon with the naked eye. - HLG
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A commercial airliner would never get this close. I expect this is from the F15 Combat Air Patrol (CAP) flown during the shuttle launch.
I doubt this is from a commercial airliner. The F15 Combat Air Patrol (CAP) would not let anything get this close.
I expect the photo is from dedicated observation plane.
I doubt this is from commercial airline. It would be from a dedicated observation plane.
The launch has a combat air patrol, flown by F15s, that protects the launch and the surrounding airspace.
A commercial flight wouldn't get within hundreds of kilometres of the launch area.
I obviously did not take this photo, but the source claimed it was taken by a commercial airline pilot, which I can't discount if they had a long-lens. I was working in Miami once, and got to see a shuttle launch from there. You couldn't make out the vehicle, but could easily follow the plume to the northern horizon with the naked eye. - HLG
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