Third NASA WB-57F Flies

摘要

NASA is making progress with a project to add a third Martin WB-57F Canberra high-altitude research aircraft to its fleet (the current two are based at Ellington Field, Houston, Texas). The additional example, N927NA (ex 63-13295), was re-flown on August 10 at Centennial Airport, Englewood, Colorado. This was the aircraft's first flight in 41 years, its previous flight having delivered it into storage on July 27, 1972, with what was then the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) - now the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) - at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona.