+ Weather Reports for All
Flight tests of the Tropospheric Airborne Meteorological Data Report
(TAMDAR) instrument begin aboard 63 Mesaba Airlines aircraft in the
Great Lakes Fleet Experiment.
+ TMA Offspring Slated for Big Savings
NASA, the FAA, and the MITRE Corporation conduct tests of the
Multi-Center Traffic Management Advisor (McTMA), a software tool that
crunches multiple streams of critical data on air traffic patterns.
+ Being Flexible Pays Off
The Active Aeroelastic Wing project concludes a second phase of test flights of the modified F/A-18A.
+ Flight Tips from Nature and Hollywood
NASA flies two autopilot-equipped Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) over a
"virtual" forest fire to test whether new flight-control software can
help the vehicles react autonomously to obstacles.
+ Unmanned Vehicles Take to the Skies
Research flights of the GA-ASI Altair remotely operated unmanned aerial
vehicle take place in cooperation with NOAA to test the craft's ability
to make science observations.
+ Sonic Boom Assumes New Shape
NASA begins a months-long series of flights using an F-18 aircraft to
test low-level sonic booms, collecting data for a growing database on
the impact of over-land supersonic flight.
+ A Bigger Role for Small Airports
NASA, the FAA, and the National Consortium of Aviation Mobility Small
Aircraft Transportation System Alliance conclude their research with a
public demonstration at a regional Virginia airport of technologies that
can accommodate greater numbers of small airplanes.
+ The Proof Is in the Data
NASA Langley's Wake Vortex Avoidance research team delivers a final
public report on data collected to help develop new guidelines for
aircraft on continuing to avoid wake turbulence while increasing
capacity.
+ Ground Icing Training
A new on-line course is released to help pilots avoid ice contamination while their planes are on the ground.
+ Synthetic Vision Changes Pilots' Views
Flight tests of the Synthetic Visions Systems take place on a commercial
aircraft—a Boeing 757—at Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
+ NASA Joins Forces to Aid Communication
The Virtual Mission Operations Center (VMOC) Demonstration team receives
a NASA Turning Goals into Reality (TGIR) award for identifying common
communication requirements to create a more robust command-and-control
system for space-based assets.
+ Flying the Quiet Skies
Technicians fitted a Boeing 777 with eight different noise reduction
combinations between the landing gear and the engine inlet, and exhaust
combinations on the right wing.
