NASA WB-57 Houston Flyover Pictures

[67N20]

Got to a park near the south end of EFD hoping to get pictures of the planes as they took off. Watched 2 planes take off to the north, way to far away to get pictures, and no place near the northern departures to get any good shots.
Headed over to the corner of NASA Rd1 and Space Center Blvd. thinking I'd have at least a chance of getting some shots, maybe even without the sun being a factor. The following are what I got:

These guys went by while I was waiting.



Coming in from east to west.





After passing by, they headed south, then a 180 north, photo plane trailing........



Then headed back my way.









And the flight route.

[ffuries]

Wow, that is way cool. When was the last time there was a formation of these flying?

[Pogo]

Dang - what time was that? I was at Clover from noon till about 2:30, never saw hide nor hair of 'em. Bet they sounded pretty neat!

[67N20]

Dang - what time was that? I was at Clover from noon till about 2:30, never saw hide nor hair of 'em. Bet they sounded pretty neat!

They took off from EFD shortly after 9:30, I got my shots at JSC around 11, they landed shortly thereafter.

[Pat Carry]

Great photos!

[Kyleb]

Excellent photos, thanks!

I developed an interest in these about 15 years ago when I sat in on a presentation at Oshkosh by a fellow who had flown them on nuclear test sampling runs and over various areas in South and Central America. His presentation was fascinating.

[Clifford Bossie]

Great shots! I have never seen more than one of the WBs at a time.

[Zac Yates]

Awesome! Thanks so much for sharing your photos!

[Lon Moer]

My post from the other thread;

Citizen photographers are encouraged to photograph Wednesday’s formation flight and post their images and video on social media using the hashtag #WB57 to @NASA_Johnson and/or @NASAAero.

Somebody is going to have pictures!

And I was right!

Thanks for posting pics 67N20

[Stoney]

need a 4 ship for FAST card

[lchamp]

Wow, that is way cool. When was the last time there was a formation of these flying?

I crewed as Navigator during a 5-ship formation about 49 years ago...RB-57F...USAF...

[TAdan]

Wow, never thought I'd see a formation of B-57's!

Awesome. I love that they did a pass with the bomb bay, err sensor bay open.

[p51]

Wow, never thought I'd see a formation of B-57's!

Yeah, if you'd told me as a kid, I'd be in my 40s and hearing of this formation, I'd have told you that you were nuts.
Now, all that said, how do their crews get typrated? There can't be an B-57 check pilots anymore, are there? I have heard that there are one or two RAF Canberras flying in the UK, did they go to any of those pilots?