9-October-2007
Airport overview as we bank during our approach into SJC. The single aircraft parked on the main apron is N714NA, NASA's Gerard P. Kuiper Airborne Observatory. It's a Lockheed L-300-50A Starlifter which used to carry an infrared telescope for high-altitude operations. The aircraft has been stored on Moffett Airfield for several years now and the telescope has recently found a new carrier: a Boeing 747SP (N747NA).