Space Shuttle Launch from Air Canada Plane

Kind of odd that anyone would let any air traffic near Canaveral during a shuttle lunch...

"Oh well, it's only an Air Canada flight, go ahead and launch."

Cool video; I just wish the moron would shut up.

Oh man that IS awesome!

some people just don't know when to shut up and enjoy the view.

That Air Canada Jet is nowhere near Canaveral. It is close enough for someone to take a video, but far enough to be safe of the space shuttles trajectory.

When there are space shuttle launches, there are restricted areas that become active, namely R2933, R2934, and R2935 restricted areas, thus preventing ANY aircraft apart from the Space shuttle to operate near Canaveral.

Actually, that's not a space shuttle, but rather a Delta II Rocket. This is evident by the ignition of 3 other solid boosters about 1 minute into the clip.

The additional smoke one minute into flight is the throttle-up after reduced power flight through thicker air at lower altitudes. They throttle back after liftoff so the shuttle does not become damaged from pressures exerted while penetrating the thicker air of the lower atmosphere. You can also hear the pilot announce that the shuttle is behind the right wing... obviously alerted by ATC.

Another interesting fact: The shuttle has already exceeded 100mph by the time it clears the tower and is already supersonic less than one minute into flight!

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Tool: holy smokes look how fast it's going
Tool:holy smokes look how fast it's going
Tool:holy smokes look how fast it's going
Tool:holy smokes look how fast it's going
Tool:do you see it?
Tool:holy smokes look how fast it's going
Tool:holy smokes look how fast it's going