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    Senior Member Aviation.High.Guy's Avatar
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    Thanks. I may just head over there this afternoon. Is the spot you shot Dream Lifter from accessible, or can you only get to through the exhibit?
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    It is accessible, but the lot I was in I was only in for a minute. It's right before a ramp checkpoint. To my right were lot employees standing around a car chatting and to my left, there was a field access gate with an attendant that was conducting under-vehicle bomb checks on trucks entering the ramp. So I would drive in, run up to the fence, grab the shot and vamoose if I were you. Plus, you'll end up with the fence links in your photo as a wide angle lens is required and the front element of those things has a larger diameter than what the fence will accommodate.

    Not sure when the thing will go out, but like I said its been sitting there for a while. Hope you don't end up driving down there in this heat to find its departed. Check flightaware:

    http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N780BA

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    A month too late, but I am curious about the cost of tickets to see Solar Impulse at Hangar 19. What happened to the aircraft after the exhibit?

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    It was free. The aircraft is gone now. Not sure where they put it. Probably took it apart and flew the pieces to Europe.
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    FYI -It was transported back home to Switzerland on August 5th on a Cargolux 747 and it landed at Dübendorf airfield there.

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    To add to what Chris said, it has been put into storage in Switzerland for now. In the future it may see a life as a museum exhibit, but nothing has been determined yet. The bigger priority at this point is getting HB-SIB into the air next year.
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