can you ID this NASA plane?

[dash8driver]

i saw this NASA plane today, didnt get a picture because my cell phone camera is broken. anyway, here's the description:

it reminded me of a U2. it had long wings, narrow body (wider than the U2 tho), tricycle gear, the engines were wing mounted..and i believe they were mounted in the wing, not under. they were large engines for sure. the horizontal stab angled slightly upward, like a really wide V shape.

cant seem to find a picture of it anywhere on the net. pretty cool plane tho.





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[bubble]

Does it look like this?

http://www.jamesshuggins.com/i/u-2a/www.dfrc.nasa.gov---gallery---photo/ER-2---Large/EC99-45225-3_full.jpg

 

[dash8driver]

found it...

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0999009/L/

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0951441/M/






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[Hugh Jorgan]

Martin/General Dynamics RB/WB-57F
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=0999009&size=L&width=1024&height=700&sok=&photo_nr=

 

[dash8driver]

credit is due to Hugh for finding it.





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[Hold West]

i saw this NASA plane today, didnt get a picture because my cell phone camera is broken. anyway, here's the description:

it reminded me of a U2. it had long wings, narrow body (wider than the U2 tho), tricycle gear, the engines were wing mounted..and i believe they were mounted in the wing, not under. they were large engines for sure. the horizontal stab angled slightly upward, like a really wide V shape.

cant seem to find a picture of it anywhere on the net. pretty cool plane tho.





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It's the WB-57, been operating out of HNL for the last 10 days or so. Here is the program's home page.

 

[bssthound]

You can probably figure out by the B in the aircraft's designation, but the design was originally a bomber back in the 60s/70s. Built by Martin, it was called the Canberra.

http://www.b-57canberra.org/

 

[Fearless Tower]

Canberra was originally designed by English Electric....Martin was just the contractor to build the planes for the USAF.

 

[dtfl]

Wonder why it was flying out of Mildenhall?

 

[dtfl]

Martin/General Dynamics RB/WB-57F
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=0999009&size=L&width=1024&height=700&sok=&photo_nr=

I thought that too - but the wings have been modded. I wasin India last year at AeroIndia and they still use Canberras as trainers....but this Nasa bird is modded.