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Old April 23rd 06, 06:03 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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"Morgans" wrote in
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"Skywise" wrote

As an update to my WB-57 story, I just discovered the flight
track on FlightAware.com. Turns out it was tail number NASA926,
and have added the flight track image to my webpage. Also, the
page name has changed, although the previous one has a link
to the correct one.

http://www.skywise711.com/misc/WB57/WB57.html


After looking at the track, it looks like they sure did nail the saight
line portion of the flight plan. All of the tracks are superimposed on
top of each other, so accurately, that they look like one line.
Interesting. I wonder what they are testing.

I took some pictures of that plane, while it was at OSH a few years
back. It is not apparent in your photos how huge the wing span is, or
who big of an aspect ratio it has. It really does look like a
sailplane, when you see it, in person.


Speaking of which, you asked if I was interested in them to which
I said yes. But I hadn't heard from you.

But yes, the wings don't look all that long in my images. That's
due to the angle at which I was looking at them.

BTW, I added a red dot to the image to show my approximate location.

Brian
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