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NASA DC-8 to Fly at Low Altitude Over Southern California

NASA's DC-8 aircraft takes off from its base operations in Palmdale, California on a mission aimed at studying polar winds.
DC-8 touch & go at Edwards, AFB

PALMDALE, Calif.- NASA’s DC-8 will be conducting low-level flights over the Inland Empire, Imperial Valley and Southern San Joaquin Valley between Dec. 2 and Dec. 9 as part of NASA’s Student Airborne Research Project.

Flying out of NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center Building 703, the DC-8 airborne research aircraft will be using science instruments to sample the air in these areas. To achieve these measurements, the aircraft will fly as low as 1,000 feet.

To follow along real-time with the DC-8’s flight path, visit:
https://airbornescience.nasa.gov/tracker/#!/status/list

For more about NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong

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For more information, contact:
Elena Johnson
NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center
(661) 233-3966
elena.n.johnson@nasa.gov