• Aircraft:

  Martin WB-57F Canberra

• Reg: N928NA photos
• Serial #:

  28

• Airline: United States - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• Photo Date: Oct 18, 2005
• Uploaded: Oct 24, 2005
• Mildenhall Air Force Base - EGUN, United Kingdom

Taxying for take-off, this rare aircraft was a welcome visitor to Mildenhall when it spent twelve days here away from its Johnson Space Centre base in Houston, Texas. It flew various high altitude missions, including cosmic dust sampling. Although much modified and altered over the years, the aircraft is still unmistakably a Canberra, although its performance is greatly enhanced, using only a third of the runway before climbing steeply!! The aircraft was previously 63-13298, a serial that it still carries just forward of the cockpit.

Photographer

Aircraft

"NASA 928" about to land on runway 33 for a quick fuel stop

Paulo Santos N928NA

3,719 10 0 Martin WB-57F Canberra

big thanks to the pilot for using the runway 29 underrun

simon mortimer N928NA

8,103 1 0 Martin WB-57F Canberra

big thanks to the crew on 'NASA 928' who used the underrun for departure

simon mortimer N928NA

6,755 1 0 Martin WB-57F Canberra

Photo location

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Photographer

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Ken Withers 73-1595

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Ken Withers 71-0884

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Ken Withers 73-0715

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