NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA): January 14, 2008, Part 2
http://www.sofia.usra.edu/
Written and Photography by Dennis Gonzales

	the Kuiper Airborne Observatory.		The Kuiper cockpit.		The Kuiper entrance inside the fuselage.		The Kuiper entrance inside the fuselage.
	Backend of Kuiper fuselage.		Looking from the Kuiper aircraft looking at the backend of the 747.		Going onboard the SOFIA.		Line leading up to the SOFIA. Flight Operations Building in the background.
	Looking straight into the SOFIA's passenger cabin.		The control center, which operates the telescope.		Side of the passenger cabin and looking at the front of the telescope.		Electrical panel, which is connected to the telescope.
	View of the scientific instrument mount on the telescope axis inside the passenger cabin, fine control drive motors for telescope motions.		Bottom of the telescope.		Top of the telescope.		Looking straight at the telescope from the control center.
	Looking behind the control center.		Dennis Gonzales, posing next to the 747.		Inside landing gear wheel well.		Looking beneath the wind of the 747.

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