STS-95 seen from Qantas 747

Peter Hunter (funta@ozemail.com.au)
Sun, 01 Nov 1998 09:15:50 +1100

STS-95 was seen from the flight deck of Qantas flight QFA100 (B747-400
VH-OED).

Time: 31 Oct 1521UTC.

Aircraft position on track Los Angeles - Auckland at 31d45m S, 177d20m W.

STSORBIT Plus was running on a Dell notebook on my lap, and as STS-95's
ground position was shown as approx 23.86S, 177.74W, it was predicted to
illuminate on a bearing of approx 350dT, elev approx 40d.

It was seen by my First Officer and Second Officer out the right flight
deck windows exactly as predicted.

Cheers, Captain Peter Hunter.