Carrying Space Shuttle 'Enterprise' on its back. Visited STN on tour of Europe including the Paris Air Show. An estimated 200,000 people turned up at Stansted to see the Space Shuttle. I can vouch for that, it took me ages to get off the airfield after the event. NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-101, this space shuttle never went into orbit as it was a test vehicle. From 1985 to 2003 it was stored in the Smithsonian hangar at Dulles Airport then put on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center. Now displayed on the Intrepid in New York. N905NA is still operational in 2024.

Carrying out a flypast at Manchester. The NASA 747 / Space Shuttle combine were on their way home from the Paris Air Show and carried out a number of flypasts en route.

NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) carrying space shuttle "Enterprise" on its back.

Delivered to American as N9668 in 1970. To NASA as N905NA in 1974 and converted to a Space Shuttle transporter. Preserved at NASA Space Center Houston from 2014.

Delivered to American as N9668 in 1970. To NASA as N905NA in 1974 and converted to a Space Shuttle transporter. Preserved at NASA Space Center Houston from 2014.

NASA Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, with test shuttle 'Enterprise' during Paris le Bourget Air show 1983. .

NASA Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, with test shuttle 'Enterprise' during Paris le Bourget Air show 1983.

The 905 of NASA 905 is hidden behind the fin. Paris Air Salon show number 376 on the forward fuselage.

Paris Air Salon show number 376 on the forward fuselage.

Resplendent in her gleaming ex-AA polished metal finish, NASA905 rests between shuttle-lifting missions

Following the Paris Airshow this aircraft with Space Shuttle attached, visited Stansted.

The 747 transporter and shuttle Enterprise were displayed at Stansted for a while