121K views · 1.7K reactions | That's a rare bird 邏 The NASA Martin WB-57F is a high-altitude research aircraft that was originally developed by General Dynamics from the Martin B-57 Canberra tactical bomber. | Aviation Addicts | Facebook

Brb. Going to catch the solar eclipse! ✈️ Two WB-57 jets are flying scientific instruments for research teams during the April 8 total solar #eclipse. From 50,000 feet above, two research teams will image the Sun’s corona, the outer layer of the Sun, and a third will measure the ionosphere, the upper electrically charged layer of Earth’s atmosphere. The aircraft will both take off from El Paso, Texas, and fly to the coast of Mexico picking up the path of totality through south Texas. Both aircra