Jim Comer noted that Enterprise was at the time being prepared for exhibit in the Udvar-Hazy Center of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. Pam Melroy and Comer traveled to Washington and negotiated with museum director Gen. J. R. “Jack” Dailey for a loan of the leading edge panels and the landing gear door. As a side note, Enterprise did not have thermal tiles, since it was not intended to fly in space. NASA glued tiles to Enterprise’s landing gear door to simulate an operational shuttle for these tests.
