WB-57 chases the eclipse

[Steve_W]

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

[Eric Mc]

Concorde did this in 1973

[heisthegaffer]

What a plane.

[Yertis]

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]

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]

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]

Last one flying too, as far as I'm aware.

[Big Red Cat]

Flying together now