Stuttgart: SOFIA Research Aircraft - equipped with a 2,70m Infrared Telecope - the most powerful airborne Astronomical Instrument

            At NASA's invitation, Charles Lindbergh's grandson, Erik Lindbergh, re-christened the aircraft with the name originally given by Pan Am, Clipper Lindbergh, on May 21, 2007, the 80th anniversary of the completion of Charles Lindbergh's historic trans-Atlantic flight. The SOFIA aircraft is a modified Boeing 747SP widebody (serial number 21441, line number 306; registration N747NA).
   

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Taken in: Deutschland / Baden-Württemberg / Stuttgart Airport (show map)

Taken on: June 28, 2015

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