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DC-8 Airborne Laboratory in flight over Mt. Whitney

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The DC-8 banking over the jagged peak of Mount Whitney on a February 25, 1998 flight. The DC-8 and a pair of ER-2 aircraft are operated by the Airborne Science program at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. NASA, other governmental agencies, academia, and scientific and technical organizations employ the DC-8 for a variety of experiments.

NASA Identifier: NIX-EC98-44444-7

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23/09/2009
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Armstrong Flight Research Center ,  34.95855, -117.89067
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1998
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