[MilCom] Re: [FloridaMilcom] WB-57F orbiting at 50, 000 ft over Patrick AFB

[AllanStern at aol.com]

It is Sun, 11:40am EDT (1540z).
   After allowing me a few photos again, WB-57F "NASA 926"  announced to the 
Miami Ctr ATC on 119.825 that he is heading to Ellington  Field.  One of his 
waypoints is near MacDill AFB, so heads up Tampa, and  heads up Houston.
   To the human eye, he is truly a speck in the sky, although the  acft does 
show up in my photos.  When the contrail is not present he  is very difficult 
to find, even though we have robin's-egg-blue skies over the  Sunshine State 
today.
 
AL STERN  Satellite Beach FL
 
allanstern at aol.com writes:

It is Sun, 10:43am EDT (1443z).
  NASA 926, the WB-57F high-altitude research aircraft that  photographed the 
Space Shuttle during yesterday's launch, has just departed  Patrick AFB en 
route to Houston (I believe).  He has requested a delay to  orbit over Patrick 
AFB at 50,000 feet.
  Heads up guys. He is up with Miami Ctr on 119.825.
 
AL  STERN Satellite Beach FL
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