 At the time, he was Chief of Bomber Transport Test Operations Division at Edwards Air Force Base.Fulton was the project pilot on all early tests of the Boeing 747 Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) used to air launch the Space Shuttle prototype "Enterprise" in the Approach and Landing Tests (ALT) at Dryden in 1977.During these flights, the SCA carried the un-powered Enterprise to an altitude of about 25,000 feet, where it was separated from the 747 and flown to a landing by the Shuttle test crew.