For release: July 24, 1995
Don Nolan
NASA Headquarters
Phone: 202-358-1983
Michael Mewhinney
NASA Ames Research Center
Phone: 415-604-3937
Don Haley
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
Phone: 805-258-3456
Keith Henry
NASA Langley Research Center
Phone: 804-864-6124
Lori Rachul
NASA Lewis Research Center
Phone: 216-433-8806
RELEASE NO. 95-67
NASA Reports on its Aviation, Space Advances at Oshkosh
'95
"National Leadership/ National Partnership" is NASA's theme at
this year's Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Fly-In
Convention and Sport Aviation Exhibition July 27-Aug. 2 at Oshkosh,
Wisc.
Exhibits highlighting the latest innovations in aerospace
research will be featured in an updated exhibit hall and technical
aerospace forums at the U.S.'s largest fly-in convention and air
show.
Craftspersons from NASA's research centers will discuss and
demonstrate how they make wind tunnel models, instruments and other
devices that make NASA's advancements in aeronautical research
possible.
Computer experts and novices alike will enjoy an exhibit area
devoted to a new on-line World Wide Web hookup devoted to general
aviation.
A featured exhibit identifies unique partnerships formed between
government, industry and academia to revitalize the general
aviation industry in areas ranging from modernizing the cockpit to
reducing weight and cost. A cockpit concept demonstrator will
introduce advanced general aviation technology. Highlighted are
activities of selected companies developing general aviation
technology through the NASA Small Business Innovation Research
program.
Another exhibit showcases NASA's role in making air travel safer
for thousands of pilots and millions of passengers. The agency's
research on weather-related hazards such as windshear and icing,
and on new technology to combat them wil be featured.
Visitors will learn how the products of NASA research travel
from the lab to the runway in a recap of the payoffs of NASA's
aviation research. The way NASA technology is used in a variety of
products ranging from new engines and nacelles for the Boeing 777
to small aircraft, automobiles and sailboats will also be
discussed.
Although NASA's Oshkosh exhibit is geared toward aviation,
exciting displays of the agency's space programs will include the
latest on the Hubble Space Telescope and the Space Station.
NASA's contribution to the EAA forum program includes a panel of
distinguished researchers, government officials and industry
representatives who will discuss aviation's past and future. Other
presentations will range from using revolutionary composite
components in wind tunnel research to icing protection, advanced
cockpit systems for general aviation aircraft and the challenge of
flying subsonic aircraft at very high altitudes.
Four NASA aeronautics research centers are supporting NASA's
presence at Oshkosh this year: Ames Research Center, Mountain View,
Calif., Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., Langley
Research Center, Hampton, Va. and Lewis Research Center, Cleveland,
Ohio. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., is
contributing space exhibits and interpreters.
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NOTE TO EDITORS: News media attending Oshkosh '95 are
invited to participate in a signing ceremony/media briefing and
award presentation Saturday at 10 a.m., July 29, at the EAA press
site.
NASA administrator Daniel Goldin will be present to sign for
NASA, schedule permitting. The agreement will formally establish a
consortium for the revitalization of U.S. general aviation. The
consortium, perhaps the largest in this country for any purpose, is
made up of NASA, the FAA, U.S. aviation companies and universities.
In addition, winners of the first NASA/FAA general aviation
university design competition will be announced and NASA officials
will unveil a new general aviation CD-ROM and the establishment of
a general aviation site on the World Wide Web (WWW) computer
network.
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