Sky Classics NASA WB-57F Canberra

[Jazajia]

This one sort of surprised me. I used to see these things regularly during the early years of my career when I was learning to fly and building time at Ellington Field. So, when I saw it on an MTS email, I investigated. Not a 1:72 military mold as I first thought, but a "hand-made in the UK" 1:200 model. I had no clue that it was still a thing today.

Enjoy the photos below, and for my usual spiel, you can click on the following link: Keeping The Tradition Alive

 

[MIAv8Diecast]

This one sort of surprised me. I used to see these things regularly during the early years of my career when I was learning to fly and building time at Ellington Field. So, when I saw it on an MTS email, I investigated. Not a 1:72 military mold as I first thought, but a "hand-made in the UK" 1:200 model. I had no clue that it was still a thing today.

Enjoy the photos below, and for my usual spiel, you can click on the following link: Keeping The Tradition Alive

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I saw this bird at Oshkosh back in 2014!

 

[Jazajia]

I saw this bird at Oshkosh back in 2014!

Never been to Oshkosh myself. It is an interesting airplane, not something you see every day. I also got to see the NASA U-2 at EFD once during a special mission they did here.

 

[Alphaless]

A few months ago I was watching a livestream for one of the Starship launches out of Boca Chica, and I saw one circling at high altitude. I presume it was doing some monitoring of the mission, but it made me curious. I did some reading on the airplane and it turns out one of the active airframes (NASA 927) has some pretty interesting history. Built 1964, retired June 1972, and sent to Davis-Monthan. In 2011 it was trucked out and successfully reactivated after 41 years in storage, holding the record for the longest stay in storage before being returned to airworthiness.

Truly a fascinating airplane, and your model looks great!