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Student's "Silent Airliner" Makes a Not-So-Silent Impression
Design a small supersonic airliner with a cruise speed of Mach 1.6 to 1.8, a design range of 4,000 nautical miles, a payload of 35-70 passengers, with fuel efficiency of three-passenger miles per pound of fuel and a takeoff field length of less than 10,000 feet. And the airliner should produce less noise. Ready? Go.
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Holmes Learns Lessons from Start-Up Airline
Shortly after Bruce Holmes retired from NASA Langley two years ago, he entered into a venture called DayJet, an idea whose time had, perhaps, not yet come.
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NASA Langley Shares in Collier Trophy for Seventh Time
For the seventh time Langley researchers are part of one of the most prestigious awards in aviation.
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With Every Beat, NASA Involved in How the Heart Behaves
Heart failure -- like structural failure in an aircraft -- is serious business.
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For Langley Inventors, It's Mind Over Golf
The tall Australian, wearing three sensors on her forehead, takes a short practice swing with her putter. A soft voice on a recorder advises "relax ... breathe ... good." Katherine Hull putts the ball into the hole.
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With Every Beat, NASA Involved in How the Heart Behaves
Heart failure -- like structural failure in an aircraft -- is serious business.
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Air Power Over, In and Around Hampton Roads
Airplanes are coming out in full force this week for Hampton Roads residents' viewing pleasure – in the sky, on the ground and even on the big screen.
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NASA Model Flies at Air and Space
A futuristic aircraft model that flew in a NASA wind tunnel is the centerpiece of a newly renovated gallery in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.
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NASA Flying Wing Model Soars into National Air and Space Museum
A flying model NASA built to research futuristic aircraft designs will spend its future in the United States' premier air and space museum.
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Nature and Man Is a Marriage Being Made in a Virginia Tech Lab
Just as nature abhors a vacuum, so too do engineers, which is why Leo and others at Virginia Tech have stepped up research efforts to try to bridge that gap between nature and man. Their mission is to take the best of both.