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NASA WB-57 Causes stir on 9/11 over Houston

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Several Houstonians grew concerned after spotting a plane circling in the city on Saturday, the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. But officials confirmed that the plane was simply a NASA test aircraft. The aircraft was flying at about 49,000 feet in a racetrack-like pattern near Hobby Airport, said Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Lynn Lunsford. (www.chron.com) More...

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flakeyswilson
flakeyswilson 0
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/NASA928
http://jsc-aircraft-ops.jsc.nasa.gov/wb57/
http://grip.nsstc.nasa.gov/
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dbaker
dbaker 0
Hard to believe that many people were concerned about a plane at 49k feet.
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skypal
Joe Champagne 0
If the B-57 didn't leave a contrail nobody would have known or cared one wit.
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kb9uwu
Matt Comerford 0
No joke, Joe. Que the black helicopter crowd.
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dmanuel
dmanuel 0
The contrail shows how well the pilot flew the procedure.
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kb9uwu
Matt Comerford 0
Really Dennis? Really?
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kb9uwu
Matt Comerford 0
Really Dennis? Really?
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kb9uwu
Matt Comerford 0
Should we ground all planes every year on 9/11? Or just military planes?
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kb9uwu
Matt Comerford 0
Little testy today, neocon? So not only was this flight wrong because it was on 911, but also because it made a contrail?
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kb9uwu
Matt Comerford 0
Sounds like you're the government genius :)
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kb9uwu
Matt Comerford 0
Col. you are correct, I am a child on FlightAware. I play an adult in real life, though. Also, with all due respect, this was more of an argument than a discussion. Don't tread on me. ha!
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