Falcon 900B Used To Capture Rare Annular Solar Eclipse
On November 3, a chartered Dassault Falcon 900B carrying 12 photographers and amateur astronomers was used to intercept an extremely short total solar eclipse with a claimed first-ever “perpendicular crossing” of the eclipse path. Flying at 44,000 feet and about 450 knots, the trijet intercepted the eclipse at both the precise time and location–about 600 miles from Bermuda over the Atlantic Ocean. (Ben Cooper/LaunchPhotography.com)
