Flying the Albatross: An Astronaut's flight over the nation’s capital

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Curtis Brown, former NASA Astronaut and PIC of this beautiful Albatross shows us around this aircraft and talks DC Flyover.
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[@savagecub]

NASA does a great job of training the astronauts to be good PR speakers for sure !

[@gregsmith1116]

Nice video AOPA - we do have the freedom to fly and largely due to the work of AOPA!

[@AC-jk8wq]

Both the pilot and albatross are equally impressive!
I’d love to learn more about both.
Go AOPA!
😃

[@erniekelly2479]

Great testimonial to AOPA and what you can do with an Albatross.

[@billbrendel8055]

Very nice video. Message is spot on - We truly have unmatched freedom to fly in this country - thanks to AOPA!

[@pilotmiami1]

Bravo.perfect. go ahead

[@johnhaugen5417]

AWESOME!!!!!!!

[@navermeerj]

Good lord, talk about a dream hangar. An Albatross and a Howard 500??