What does SCA stand for?

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (Space)

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Samples in periodicals archive:

The shuttle is being ferried atop a modified 747 aircraft, known as a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.

Space shuttle Discovery leaves La. for Fla

D'Agostino's last days with Dryden have included a ride in one of the shuttle carrier aircraft used to ferry orbiters back to Florida.

A SMOOTH LANDING LONGTIME NASA MAN RECALLS ENTERPRISE, COLUMBIA

Two Boeing 747-100 shuttle carrier aircraft (SCA) now routinely ferry the DC-9-sized space-shuttle orbiter from Edwards AFB, California, to the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, in the piggyback configuration.

Narrowing the global-strike gap with an airborne aircraft carrier

Atlantis is carefully lowered into place atop the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft for a piggyback ride to Florida.

Remarkable Space Shuttle Images Appear In 2000 Space Calendar

Aircraft on display include the F/A-22, the Global Hawk robot reconnaissance aircraft, the F-117 stealth fighter, the B-1B bomber, the CH-46 and CH-53 Marine Corps helicopters and NASA's 747 shuttle carrier aircraft.

HECK OF AN OPEN HOUSE EDWARDS LETS NEIGHBORS IN FOR A RECORD-BREAKING ...

Since 1972, the Wichita Modification Center has modified 88 Boeing 747 airplanes to freighter/cargo configuration, and also converted a 747 into the NASA shuttle carrier aircraft.

BSI, Inc Awards Boeing Aircraft Modification Center ISO-9000 ...

Aircraft scheduled to be on display include: the F/A-22, the Global Hawk robot reconnaissance aircraft, the F-117 stealth fighter, the B-1B bomber, the CH-46 and CH-53 Marine Corps helicopters, and NASA's 747 shuttle carrier aircraft.

EDWARDS WILL HOLD AIR SHOW PUBLIC INVITED TO BASE

McMurtry also co-piloted the 747 shuttle carrier aircraft as it lifted the shuttle Enterprise on its first test glide in 1977.

PILOTS JOIN JET AGE WALK OF HONOR