ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - The day of the Total Solar Eclipse arrived and while have plans to watch the eclipse on the ground, a few airlines are giving those a chance to catch it airborne.
Southwest Airlines to set to have a flight Monday afternoon from St. Louis to Houston and during the flight, it will go through the path of Totality, letting those airborne catch it eclipse.
KMOX's own Michael Calhoun is going to be one of the lucky few who can catch the eclipse as he is one of the passengers who is on that said flight.
This won't be Calhoun's first time catching a eclipse while airborne. In 2017, when there was last an eclipse, Southwest Airlines had a flight that flew in the path of totality.
"KMOX was one of a couple of news organizations that was on that flight (back in 2017)," said Calhoun on Total Information A.M. Monday. "Five years ago I had to fly to Denver and the path from the path was from St. Louis to Denver and now the path is from St. Louis to Houston."
Calhoun says the experience of watching the Eclipse in a plane is unique that while during the path of totality there is the risk of cloud ruining the experience of watching the eclipse on the ground, you don't have to worry about that risk while on the plane.
"You have that clearer view, but you also have that 360 degree view," said Calhoun. "What I was told was this eclipse should be kind of be like twilight all around and then complete darkness overhead, so the cockpit lights should flicker on because it will go from a daytime feeling to a nighttime feeling."
Calhoun says that the flight is a normal flight so while media members like him will be on it, there will be regular folks on it too, making the flight a potential surprise to some.
"Their will be some people who have no idea this is happening," said Calhoun. "Maybe some business person who got a meeting in Houston today and happens to be on this flight will be in for a fun surprise."