There's a great account of some of the instruments mounted on the plane here:https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/22083/how-were-astronomical-observations-performed-from-concorde …
In 1973 a group of astronomers used a Concorde to extend eclipse totality to > 70 minus! https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8q8qwk/the-concorde-and-the-longest-solar-eclipse …pic.twitter.com/xZYvcKmmzN
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Why have I never heard about this one before! Link to the
@nature paper for those that have paywall access, https://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v246/n5428/pdf/246072a0.pdf ….Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Video summering the whole experience, only, it's in French!https://mobile.twitter.com/OVNI66/status/890167900539060225 …
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The way to experience an eclipse is on earth, away from lights and people to hear, feel, and sense the changes in the natural world
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"just taxiing for take off the Concorde burned more fuel than a 747 from London to Amsterdam"
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NASA's project to send two jets at sub-eclipse speed for a total of 7 minutes pales in comparison to this. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/chasing-the-total-solar-eclipse-from-nasa-s-wb-57f-jets …
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Just amazing!
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