The total eclipse path starts in the South Pacific, before taking in much of Mexico, 12 US states, stretching from Texas, all the way to Maine, and clipping several Canadian provinces, before ending over the Atlantic.

The team sourced an A340 VIP with 80 business class seats and nine lower deck pallets for equipment and instruments. It also had the nine hour range needed to fly direct from Buenos Aires to Miami for the final show.

ACS California is seeing a growing number of new customers, who turned to private aviation during the pandemic, upgrading to a jet card so as to secure aircraft availability in a challenging market for operators.