A summary is presented of progress in the research project of the Flight Research Laboratory (formerly the National Aeronautical Establishment) of the National Research Council of Canada, with a brief indication of plans for continuing and new projects. Flight Research Lab facilities include a fleet of five research aircraft, including a Twin Otter aircraft instrumented for atmospheric research, a Bell 205A airborne simulator used to simulate control systems in helicopters and other aircraft, a Convair 580 multipurpose flying laboratory, a T-33 platform for use in microgravity studies, and a Falcon 20 jet which was recently added to the research fleet. This aircraft is currently being prepared for applications in the areas of microgravity research, microwave landing system studies and atmospheric sensing. The Flight Recorder Playback Centre provides a facility for playback of cockpit flight recorders, flight data recorders, air traffic control tapes, and video tape recorders. The Speech Research Centre is equipped to study voice I/O technology and to support aircraft crash investigations on the research program of the Flight Research Laboratory. Most research is carried out as joint projects with collaborators from industry, universities and cooperating government agencies.
Flight Research Laboratory. Institute for Aerospace Research
1990
163 pages
Report
No indication
English
Air Transportation , Aeronautics , Earth atmosphere , Flight mechanics , Project management , Research facilities , Aeromagnetism , Air traffic control , Atmospheric sounding , Canada , Control systems design , Flight recorders , Microwave landing systems , Reduced gravity , Research aircraft , Foreign technology
Stanford Aerospace Research Laboratory research overview
NTRS | 1993
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NTIS | 1993
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