WB-57 chases the eclipse

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Steve_W

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177 months

Wednesday 3rd April
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Nice to see the (somewhat modified!) Canberra still going strong: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240328-nasa-j...

Eric Mc

122,038 posts

265 months

Wednesday 3rd April
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Concorde did this in 1973

heisthegaffer

3,418 posts

198 months

Sunday 7th April
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What a plane.

Yertis

18,053 posts

266 months

Monday 8th April
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I'm very fond of the Canberra - apart from the M-B Meteors it must be the oldest jet design still earning its keep.

Eric Mc

122,038 posts

265 months

Monday 8th April
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These late B-57 models were about the most modified Canberras you could come up with.

NASA operates three of them. They had two for a long time but they proved so useful that they had one recovered from storage at Davis-Monthan and returned to flight.

Steve_W

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1,495 posts

177 months

Monday 8th April
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I found that Nasa has a site dedicated to their air ops - with a separate listing for each aircraft type - with pages for specs, missions, photo gallery, etc. https://www.nasa.gov/specials/jsc-aircraft-ops/wb-...

Didn't know they have a Super Guppy too! https://www.nasa.gov/specials/jsc-aircraft-ops/gup...

Eric Mc

122,038 posts

265 months

Monday 8th April
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Last one flying too, as far as I'm aware.

Big Red Cat

141 posts

41 months

Monday 8th April
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Flying together now