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An unlikely pair - Space Shuttle OV-101
An unlikely pair - Space Shuttle OV-101 "Enterprise" and NASA Boeing 747-123 N905NA in close up over Paris

A close up of the Space Shuttle prototype OV-101 'Enterprise' on the back of NASA Boeing 747 N905NA, as they pass over the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

N905NA c/n 20107 - Boeing 747-123 - delivered new to American Airlines in 1970 as N9668, the aircraft was converted in 1974 as a Space Shuttle carrier. The aircraft made it's only visit to the Paris Air Show in 1983, carrying the Space Shuttle 'Enterprise'. N905NA made its last flight with Space Shuttle 'Discovery' on 17th April 2012 from Kennedy Space Center - Washington Dulles, and was then stored at Ellington Field.

Space Shuttle 'Enterprise' (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-101) - was the first Space Shuttle. It was built for NASA as part of the Space Shuttle program to perform test flights in the atmosphere, aided by modified Boeing 747 N905NA. It was constructed without engines or a functional heat shield, and was therefore not capable of spaceflight.

During 1983 and 1984 'Enterprise' undertook an international tour visiting France, Germany, Italy, Canada and the UK.

More on Space Shuttle 'Enterprise' here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Enterprise

Taken with a Soviet made Zenith TTL camera and 300mm lens.

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Taken on: May 29, 1983
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