RETIRED: the first NASA Shuttle Training Gulfstream II...

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NASA Retiring Gulfstream II Shuttle Training Aircraft

With the end of the US Space Shuttle programme, NASA is retiring the Gulfstream II aircraft that were used for training of Shuttle pilots.

Gulfstream II Shuttle Training Aircraft NASA 944 sits on the ramp at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, California, following its arrival on August 19.

One of NASA's modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft is also visible in the background. NASA Dryden/Tony Landis

NASA 944, one of four Gulfstream II Shuttle Training Aircraft, arrived at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center from the Johnson Space Center in Houston on August 19 in preparation for its retirement and eventual static display.

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