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T O P I C R E V I E WcspgDoes anyone know why NASA needs a third WB-47 aircraft? NASA currently operates a pair of WB-57F high-altitude research aircraft based out of Ellington Field in Texas, but very soon a third airframe will join the fleet. Paul Filmer reports on NASA 927's first flight. Spaceguy5Are those Angry Birds plushes in the cockpit in this photo?Also, interesting to see the pilot using an MBU-5/p oxygen mask (mid 60's to mid 80's era) while the backseater is wearing an MBU-20/p (Mid 90's to present era)gliderpilotukGreat news for a great aircraft. Presumably increased demand for mapping/air-sampling by NASA/commercial/academic interests. A lot cheaper to operate than the ER-2s.That said, one of the other WB-57Fs was spotted in the UK last year on its way back from Afghanistan. Stripped of all NASA markings it had apparently been testing battlefield communications systems. Why the military doesn't have their own platform is another question, but presumably there's some form of cross-subsidy.
NASA currently operates a pair of WB-57F high-altitude research aircraft based out of Ellington Field in Texas, but very soon a third airframe will join the fleet. Paul Filmer reports on NASA 927's first flight.
Also, interesting to see the pilot using an MBU-5/p oxygen mask (mid 60's to mid 80's era) while the backseater is wearing an MBU-20/p (Mid 90's to present era)
Presumably increased demand for mapping/air-sampling by NASA/commercial/academic interests. A lot cheaper to operate than the ER-2s.
That said, one of the other WB-57Fs was spotted in the UK last year on its way back from Afghanistan. Stripped of all NASA markings it had apparently been testing battlefield communications systems. Why the military doesn't have their own platform is another question, but presumably there's some form of cross-subsidy.
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