WB-57 - A Cold War relic but still flying

[Warthog]

http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2015/November/23/Long-days-on-Long-Wings?CMP=ADV:1

 

[dmetalmiki]

The wings and profile reminds me of an English Electric Canberra.

 

[tommys2patrick]

I wonder how many components or design parameters are shared with the U2, if any. It looks like it would. A testament to the men and machines that fly, design and maintain them that they continue to serve. thanks.

 

[runk]

One of my friends at NASA is a back seater for the WB-57s. He was loaned to the Air Force and stationed in Saudi Arabia for about a year in the second gulf war (2003) along with the WB-57 that usually lives at JSC. (Most of the pilots are Air Force on loan to NASA, so it was an interesting reverse.)

They have a very distinctive engine note, everybody looks up when one flies over.

I've seen one with all the engine cowlings off, they are crazy complicated even by the standards of turbine engines.

 

[SETOYOTA]

The wings and profile reminds me of an English Electric Canberra.

essentially the same aircraft.

 

[runk]

More Pictures -
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/historic-formation-flight-of-nasas-wb-57s-over-houston