| This is our
last view of Miami, as we head north.
Hotels and Condominiums. |
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| Construction on
new condominium continues at an unbelievable rate! |
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| They also come
in "ANY" color. |
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| More large
homes. |
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| We toured the
Kennedy Space Center.
This is the assembly
building, which is the largest building in the world (by volume). |
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| The working end
of a Saturn 4 launch vehicle.
This is the vehicle, which
launched the various Apollo efforts (including Apollo 13). |
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| This is the
Lunar Landing Module, which was also launched on the Saturn 4
Rocket. |
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| This is the top
end of the Saturn 4. |
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| I felt a strong
sense of pride when we entered a Space Shuttle Mock-up, and it contained
a "Hughes" Intelsat unit. |
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| We actually got
permission to fly through the restricted area over the Kennedy Space
Center. This is the runway on which the Space Shuttle lands.
Based on what happened on
September 11th, 2001, I wonder if any private pilot will ever
again get permission to fly as close to the Space Shuttle as they
permitted us to do.
In this picture the
shuttle was on the launch pad (maybe two miles ahead of the Cessna (not
in sight in this picture)). |
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| 500 feet above
the Shuttle Runway!
This runway is 300 feet
wide and 3 miles long! |
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| I thought it
was unbelievable, that they would let us fly in a "Restricted
Area", and fly this low to the "Assembly Building" and
the "Launch Site".
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| This is the
"Guppy", which fly's piece of the "International Space
Station", from Europe. |
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| We also took a
swamp trip to see alligators, which we did spot.
Sadly, I was not quick
enough to capture it on film. |
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| The boats
travel right over the grass. |
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| Sandy and a Red
Neck. |
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| The swamp boat
trip is something which everybody should try at least once. |
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