Both WB-57Fs to go eclipse chasing!

"RallyWrench" (rndlitebmw) 08/03/2017 at 12:38 • Filed to: Spacelopnik

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I love me some Canberra, I love me some space agency, I love me some eclipse. How cool is this? Tax money well spent, if you ask me.  

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CaptDale - is secretly British > RallyWrench 08/03/2017 at 12:42

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FUCK that is awesome!!!!

ttyymmnn > RallyWrench 08/03/2017 at 12:56

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First flight of the B-57 was 64 years ago. Now that’s bang for your buck.

RallyWrench > ttyymmnn 08/03/2017 at 13:11

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Gotta love a paid-for airplane still doing important work. Love these things.

RallyWrench > CaptDale - is secretly British 08/03/2017 at 13:12

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Isn’t it? Happy news in a world of shit.

CaptDale - is secretly British > RallyWrench 08/03/2017 at 13:21

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Yeah seriously! I really want to be in those jets

OPPOsaurus WRX > RallyWrench 08/03/2017 at 14:17

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they should use something a little faster to stretch out the time in totality

I hear these are fast. Maybe they should test fly one to get a ground speed check.

RallyWrench > OPPOsaurus WRX 08/03/2017 at 14:23

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Perhaps the RSO could flame the Canberras on the radio... they’d have to fly inverted to get the neat pictures though.

MarquetteLa > RallyWrench 08/03/2017 at 14:53

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This was done in a Concorde in 1973: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8q8qwk/the-concorde-and-the-longest-solar-eclipse