As seen in the December 2012 issue of Model Aviation.
Bonus video
NASA Loan
When NASA’s 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) took off on September 19, 2012, to bring the Space Shuttle Endeavour to Los Angeles, two model aircraft from the National Model Aviation Museum went along for the ride. The models, 1/40-scale RC test models of the Boeing 747 and Orbiter, were built and used by John Kiker, Owen Morris, and other NASA engineers in 1975 and 1976 to test the inflight launch capabilities of the configuration. Kiker donated the models to the museum in 1980.
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