Farewell Shuttle Endeavour

Today was the last flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour.  It left this morning from Edwards AFB on a flying tour of California before landing at LAX, where it will be rolled to it's new home at the California Science Center.

The shuttle first flew by Sacramento, then onto San Francisco for shots in front of the Golden Gate Bridge.  After that it flew down the coast, past Vandenberg AFB, over some LA landmarks, and onto LAX.  As it flew down the coast it passed our house and I was able to snap a few pictures.  Unfortunately the morning fog had just burned off, so there was still some foggy haze in the air.  As a result the pictures aren't the best, but you can clearly see the shuttle, the 747 carrier, and the F15 escort.

This isn't the first time I've seen the shuttle flying overhead, although this is the first time I've seen it on top of the 747 carrier.  Growing up I lived near Edwards AFB which is where the shuttle landed for the first decade or so of it's career.  So I got to see the shuttle fly overhead on final approach to Edwards many times.  But seeing it on top of the 747 slowly (relatively speaking) flying down the coast was a nice treat.