Concorde, G-BOAB I think......
As Jarvy said the Enterprise was never meant to go into space and was not built to "spaceflight" standard... but just to add to the confusion about it's appearance on it's last two gliding flights it was fitted with dummy engine bells to replicate an orbiter's correct aerodynamic characteristics, image here:
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/f...-8923_full.jpg
Columbia..
FWIW it wasn't really a case of losing tiles (though that was a perennial shuttle problem), in Columbia's case the problem was a section of foam from the external tank which came lose during launch and punched a sizeable hole in a wing leading edge. That hole then led to the wing structure being burnt through on re-entry, the rest we sadly know....
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/f...-8923_full.jpg
...after a shuttle (not sure which one)
blew up on re-entry after losing some tiles on take off.
Last edited by wiggy; 19th Dec 2017 at 16:08.
It’s Intrepid, not “Entrepid”.
Waiting for my family to join me before we bought the tickets to the "Intrepid", I mentioned that although I never flew Concord I was still a retired B.A. pilot, and how about a visit to the Concord ? ( not then knowing the entry fees ) I was told that as an ex-B.A. crew member I was entitled to a free ticket for myself and one other, so self and son entered free, and we just bought junior tickets for the grandchildren ! Won one, but unfortunately the Concorde was unavailable that day. Will try again next visit !
