A Concord Jet Chases the Total Solar Eclipse of 30 June, 1973
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Title
A Concord Jet Chases the Total Solar Eclipse of 30 June, 1973
Description
A Concord 001 with seven observers in followed the path of totality across North Africa during the total solar eclipse. They achieved 74 minutes of totality. The jet flew at a speed of Mach 2.05 at an altitude of between 16,200 and 17,700 metres. Since it was well above cloud, the observers were able to awe in the whole duration of totality and make unprecedented amount of scientific observations.
Source
tsee
Date
30/06/1973
Contributor
am619@st-andrews.ac.uk
Type
Site
Identifier
25
Spatial Coverage
current,4.376111,-7.716944;
Europeana
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Place
Varied
Show Point
true
Country
Varied
Organiser
Multinational effort
Citation
“A Concord Jet Chases the Total Solar Eclipse of 30 June, 1973,” Virtual Museum, accessed May 18, 2024, https://eclipse.curious-sta.org/omeka/items/show/25.
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