It’s a space nerd holiday in New York this morning as the Space Shuttle Enterprise flies to its new home at the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum.
Space Shuttle Enterprise is tentatively scheduled to fly to New York on Friday, April 27, between 10:30am and 11:30am, riding piggyback on a Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.
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The flight path offers millions of New Yorkers the chance to capture spectacular images of the shuttle flying at an altitude of just 1000-3000 ft over the Hudson River and past New York City landmarks.
Check back throughout the morning as Twitchy collects the best images and videos tweeted by shuttle spotters.
https://twitter.com/#!/dcairports/status/195853690748403712
Obligatory tweet from Spock:
https://twitter.com/#!/TheRealNimoy/statuses/195847169276788736
https://twitter.com/#!/toddstowell/status/195874537190072320
Shuttle spotters are already gathering.
https://twitter.com/#!/AnthonyQuintano/status/195855318901723136
Follow along on Twitter at #spottheshuttle and #ov101.
https://twitter.com/#!/jstrevino/statuses/195863162027917312
And we have liftoff just before 9:45 a.m. ET:
https://twitter.com/#!/GabrielleNYC/status/195871519249924096
Video of the departure from Washington Dulles International Airport:
https://twitter.com/#!/dcairports/status/195876817498947585
https://twitter.com/#!/DarylLang/status/195883745604153344/
https://twitter.com/#!/Coonin/status/195884044309897219
https://twitter.com/#!/sd/status/195884501556133888
https://twitter.com/#!/urifintzy/status/195885217351872513
https://twitter.com/#!/BuzzFeedAndrew/status/195884054351065089
https://twitter.com/#!/ICSC/status/195886282814144512
https://twitter.com/#!/SchechterSays/status/195886498162282497
https://twitter.com/#!/NotifyNYC/status/195610537277652992/
https://twitter.com/#!/timfo/status/195887821255487488
https://twitter.com/#!/nycgov/status/195886861498064896
https://twitter.com/#!/thomaskula/status/195887819355467777/
https://twitter.com/#!/NirPatel/status/195888367764897793
https://twitter.com/#!/jmtsn/status/195884522783510528
https://twitter.com/#!/iowaradioguy/status/195889830910115841/
https://twitter.com/#!/larry411/status/195889672042446849
https://twitter.com/#!/LincolnCenter/status/195885891686895618
https://twitter.com/#!/mickokka/status/195891024063758338/
https://twitter.com/#!/hiphopdoc/status/195892190222876672/
https://twitter.com/#!/nancypontz/status/195892516636196864
https://twitter.com/#!/coreyglick/status/195893903478624256/
https://twitter.com/#!/LouWoodley/status/195894258673262593
https://twitter.com/#!/petepachal/status/195890855549222912
https://twitter.com/#!/emily_cohn/status/195884957749624832
https://twitter.com/#!/licawouters/status/195895027417874432/
https://twitter.com/#!/NASA/status/195896145426399232
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