NASA WB 57 in the air right now!

[mitbr]

N927 NA NASA plane in the air right now 1/15/23 0507 pm eastern time.
Martin WB-57F Canberra
Owner/Operator:
NASA Johnson Space Center
Type:
Conventional Aircraft
Duration:
7 hours (payload and weather dependent)
Useful Payload:
8,800 lbs
Gross Take-off Weight:
72,000 lbs
Onboard Operators:
2 (Pilot and SEO)
Max Altitude:
60,000 ft and above (payload dependent)
Air Speed:
410 knots
Range:
2,500 Nmi
Tim

 

[Saint]

Spotted this,

 

[mitbr]

Spotted this,

yep I am tracking as well!

 

[Saint]

yep I am tracking as well!

Thanks for the post to let us know.
Steve

 

[chrismol1]

NASA806 is currently 60,000 over the Northeast. Last time I saw it during a storm as well, last time it had a P3 buddy up this way too

Spotted this,

 

[dave3825]

NASA806

Looks like NASA426 is right in front of him




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[dave3825]

And actually 806 is flying over 426 right now. 426 @14000 and 806 @ 60000 feet.






And now 806 is in the lead. Lol

 

[cg]

NASA rents their aircraft out for science experiments. The U2 and P3 were scheduled today for one called IMPACTS

Airborne Missions | NASA Airborne Science Program

airbornescience.nasa.gov

 

[chrismol1]

806 and 426 up in the air again over northeast and heading south right now, 60k and 13k

Anyone ever figure out a comm freq?