I saw Endeavour hitching a ride west this morning.
Standing in the wet grass on Auditorium Shores, we spotted it approaching from the east out of the sun. They had clearance to fly low at 1500 feet. With landing lights on, shining brightly thru the morning haze, a T-38 trailing slightly behind and off to one side.
The 747’s turbofans whined loudly as they passed over downtown. It was a single pass, flying directly over the capitol and then climbing back to altitude as they passed behind a flagpole and into the hills on its way to El Paso and then to California.
I saw Endeavour hitching a ride this morning. And that will certainly be the last one I see in the air.