It's June 30, 1973. The world is anticipating a rare solar eclipse, and for a lucky seven scientists, it's being experienced at supersonic speeds somewhere above North Africa. The high speeds of Concorde allowed the scientists to monitor the totality of the eclipse for 74 minutes from a series of modified roof portals in the fuselage. Ultimately, that gave the team an extra ten times more time in the shadow than would ever be possible from ground level. It's a record that still has not been beaten. The plane you see above that made this incredible journey was F-WTSS, the first ever production Concorde, captured from a second plane by photographer Arthur Gibson, who spent much of the late 1960s and early 1970s cataloguing the development process and early years of this iconic supersonic jet 🛩 Original storytelling by @nat_twiss for @type7