NASA's ER-2 science aircraft flew instruments designed to improve satellite data products and Earth science observations.

Fackler, commanding officer of the U.S. Air Force 514th Reconnaissance Squadron Weather, flew his airplane into the seething mushroom cloud of an atomic bomb detonation. As part of Zebra ...

The plane first encountered clouds and potential icing over the Taconic Mountains, east of Albany, N.Y., with conditions ...

He was also able to provide the plane's coordinates to authorities. "I wasn't sure if we would find them, especially because there was a cloud layer over quite a bit of the mountains, so they ...

The right wing fractured off from the body of the plane, releasing a cloud of jet fuel which caught on fire. TSB notes that investigators are still determining the exact sequence of events.

"They also indicate instability in the atmosphere, which can help identify areas of turbulence for aircraft." They added: "This phenomenon, whilst rare, has also been spotted in cloud patterns on ...

notified troopers and gave them the plane's coordinates. “I wasn't sure if we would find them, especially because there was a cloud layer over quite a bit of the mountains so they could have ...