Alaska Airlines flight to totality

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22nd August 2017 | 17:33

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underfire

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Alaska Airlines flight to totality

Anyone recognize these drivers!

https://www.facebook.com/alaskaairli...location=group

22nd August 2017 | 17:42

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speedbirdconcorde

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Far better in Concorde in 1973 :-)

22nd August 2017 | 18:02

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DaveReidUK

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I loved the BBC's description that "the flight would take them much closer to the eclipse".

22nd August 2017 | 21:37

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underfire

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Good on Alaska and the drivers for setting it up and executing !

22nd August 2017 | 22:20

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Carbon Bootprint

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Tres cool, indeed. Sorry I wasn't there, and that I really didn't get to see much of the solar eclipse other than what was on NASA TV. My best "natural light display" memories of Alaska Airlines go back to when I was living in Alaska. There was an Aurora Borealis eruption occurring circa 1988-1989, clearly visible in the taxi to the airport and even more so on the red-eye to Seattle. Totally unforgettable, as I'm sure the eclipse was for those fortunate enough to have had a glimpse.

Sorry for the thread drift.

23rd August 2017 | 01:51

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tdracer

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I was down in western Oregon to watch - saw some 'unusual' contrails (curving, presumably to follow the path of totality). Obviously no idea which one might have been this Alaska flight, but there was more than one...