To observe last Friday’s total solar eclipse in optimal conditions, astronomer and lecturer Xavier Jubier coordinated a flight of three Dassault Falcon 7Xs some 45,000 feet above the Atlantic Ocean, near the Faroe Islands, on the same trajectory as the eclipse. Business aviation charter firm Amjet Executive organized the flight, with assistance from Dassault Falcon Service.

The first Falcon took off from Geneva International Airport, and the other two departed from Paris Le Bourget Airport. The three aircraft met up and then followed the trajectory of the eclipse to observe the perfect alignment of the Moon between the Earth and the Sun.

A Dassault videographer also went along for the ride and produced a short, but visually stunning, video of the solar eclipse flight.